Canada jay

American  

noun

1. gray jay.

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Canada jay British  

noun

1. a large common jay of North America, Perisoreus canadensis, with a grey body, and a white-and-black crestless head

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Etymology

Origin of Canada jay

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

In one he found a Canada jay that had tried to filch the bait.

From Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale by Wallace, Dillon

On one of my jaunts down this Mount Mansfield road I happened to espy a Canada jay in a thick spruce.

From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford

"Yes, I know, you were with Monsieur Gillies and Henri very late last night," she replied, watching the antics of an inquisitive Canada jay in an adjacent birch.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

The various kinds of owls, and the Canada jay, which winter in these latitudes, have a feathery, half-hairy protection to the toes.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

You may walk hours and not see a living creature larger than a fly, for days together and not see a grouse, a squirrel, or a bird larger than the Canada jay....

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace