fish-crow

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

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 Various

I worked with greater industry than either intelligence or success, and made very few additions to the sum of human knowledge; but to this day certain obscure ornithological publications may be found in which are recorded such items as, for instance, that on one occasion a fish-crow, and on another an Ipswich sparrow, were obtained by one Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., at Oyster Bay, on the shore of Long Island Sound.

I. Boyhood and Youth 1913

I worked with greater industry than either intelligence or success, and made very few additions to the sum of human knowledge; but to this day certain obscure ornithological publications may be found in which are recorded such items as, for instance, that on one occasion a fish-crow, and on another an Ipswich sparrow, were obtained by one Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., at Oyster Bay, on the shore of Long Island Sound.

An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

I worked with greater industry than either intelligence or success, and made very few additions to the sum of human knowledge; but to this day certain obscure ornithological publications may be found in which are recorded such items as, for instance, that on one occasion a fish-crow, and on another an Ipswich sparrow, were obtained by one Theodore Roosevelt,

Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888

The fish-crow only fishes when it has destroyed all the eggs and young birds it can find.

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

Looking out of the window I saw a crow, which I knew to be a fish-crow, perched upon the edge of the nest, hastily bolting the eggs.

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

The turkey-buzzard still floats majestically over the city; the chat still practices his lofty tumbling in the suburban pastures, snarling and scolding at all comers; the flowing Potomac still yields "a blameless sport" to the fish-crow and the kingfisher; the orchard oriole continues to whistle in front of the Agricultural Department, and the crow blackbird to parade back and forth over the Smithsonian lawns.

Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877