gray jay†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

Quotations

1938

We were a mile from the cabin by noon and then our fluffy gray jays suddenly appeared from nowhere.

1963

Canada jay is being blacked out [by the American Ornithologists' Union], and the disgusting name of grey jay is being substituted.