>Thank you the response and added information. With that in mind, do you >think it possible that when Frederic Baraga was doing his research and >compiling the Ojibway dictionary, that he might have meant (or perhaps >implied) Ruffed Grouse? Growing up as a young boy in northern Wisconsin and >spending a lot of time in the woods, just about everyone that I knew >referred to the Ruffed Grouse as Partridge; or "pats" for short. Looking at Baraga, I think you may have it. First, he wouldn't have seen true gray partridges. Second, think he used bine as form of pinasi, often generic for bird. Third, the references to "shaking wings" certainly suggests a grouse. regards - rdw