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sage grouse † West 
a species of grouse, Centrocerus urophasianus, found in arid regions where sage is plentiful.
- 1871 (1877) British Columbia boasts of having seven or eight varieties of the grouse kind, the most abundant being the sage hen . . . and the spruce partridge or fool-hen, that is oftener knocked over with a stick than shot.
- 1952 In the very dry parts of the Okanagan there is a desert fauna including the pocket gopher . . . sage grouse. . . .
- 1956 The display includes the six native grouse species in the province: pinnated grouse (the true prairie chicken); sharp tailed grouse; sage grouse; ruffed grouse; ptarmigan; and spruce grouse or "fool hen."
- 1958 A field notebook sketch of a sage hen (a large grouse) to which were added complete data.
- 1871 (1877) British Columbia boasts of having seven or eight varieties of the grouse kind, the most abundant being the sage hen . . . and the spruce partridge or fool-hen, that is oftener knocked over with a stick than shot.