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spruce hen 
a grouse, Canachites canadensis, dark gray barred with black, found in swampy woods.
See also: spruce partridge
- 1913 Spring and fall we shot many ducks and geese, and in early winter grouse, spruce hens, and ptarmigan. . . .
- 1959 I had to confess that I had not seen the spruce hen until the shot bird came tumbling out of the tree.
- 1913 Spring and fall we shot many ducks and geese, and in early winter grouse, spruce hens, and ptarmigan. . . .