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white whisky-john

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the northern shrike, Lanus borealis.

See: whisky-john

Quotations

1823

Lanus excubitor, from its baring a general resemblance in plumage to the Canada Jay, it has obtained among the settlers round Hudson's Bay the name of White Whisky-John.

1959

Northern Shrike [is also called] white whiskijohn (From its paler colour and slight similarity to the grey jay or whiskey john. "Hudson Bay").