fish crow

noun

a crow, Corvus ossifragus, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, that feeds on fish, mollusks, etc.

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

It lives chiefly in the pine barrens of Florida and is much less common in the state than the Fish Crow.

The fish crow is one of the most active enemies of our small birds.

The fish crow, however, is the much greater enemy of the birds.

Here is another Southern bird, the fish-crow, smaller than ours, you see.

The Fish Crow is the smaller of the two, lives along the coast, and does not often go further north than Connecticut.

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