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Definition of Genus Canachites
1. Noun. Spruce grouse.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Canachites Canadensis, Spruce Grouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Canachites
Literary usage of Genus Canachites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"El Dorado Co., California.) RANGE.— Fort Klamath, Oregon, south through the
mountains of California to Mount Pinos (near Tejon). genus Canachites STEJNEGER. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1902)
"... in the mountains except in the breeding season, when it descends to the valleys.
genus Canachites. 299. ..."
3. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"genus Canachites — Head without crest; tail moderately long, nearly square at
tip; no air-sacs on neck. ..."
4. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"genus Canachites — Head without crest; tail moderately long, nearly square at
tip; no air-sacs on neck. The Canada grouse, C. canadensis, and the Franklin's ..."
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