black game
Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), of which the male is called blackcock, and the female grey hen.
| 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 173 The Heathcock or Black game or Grous, called by Turner the Morehen. 1787 G. White Selborne vi. 1818 Scott Rob Roy vii, The law against unauthorized destroyers of black-game, grouse, partridges, and hares. 1879 Daily News 12 Aug. 5/1 The Twentieth when black game are (legally) fair game. |