Canachites canadensis. In captivity Will Peaslee tells me that some years since he caught some young Spruce Grouse about the rim of Dead. One died in a short time but the other grew apace and became very tame. They were kept in a box but occasionally were turned loose in the yard when they fed among the hens & were easily caught on the hand. The eat bread, curds, and all kinds of insects. It was a favorite amusement with the members of the family to take one of these birds about a room when flies were Upton, Maine Icterus canadensis