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

Why is the Canada jay so much tamer than are other jays?

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

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

She scattered the shells in the heavy brush where not even the bright, searching eyes of the Canada jay might ever find them.

From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison

At snow line the species had narrowed down to a few ravens, a Canada jay, a blue grouse or so, nuthatches, and brown creepers.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward

I have since found the Canada jay, and partridges, both the black and the common, equally tame there, as if they had not yet learned to mistrust man entirely.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various