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devil's whiskey-jack

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis.

Quotations

1882

The great northern shrike . . . called the "Devil's Whiskey-jack," is common on the western side of Hudson's Bay.

1959

Northern Shrike [is also called] . . . Devil's whiskey-jack (From its preying upon other birds and from its slight resemblance to the grey jay or whiskey-jack. "Hudson Bay"). . . .