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Hudson Bay bird 
1 Rare the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis.
- 1888 (1890) My friend of the woods, the moose-bird. . . . I found his real name was the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis; he has many aliases, being also called the Hudson's Bay bird
2 a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
See also: Canada jay
- 1891 (1892) This bird is common throughout the wilder parts of Canada, and has acquired many names in different places; in the mountains of British Columbia he is the Hudson Bay bird or grease bird, and far away to the East the moose bird, caribou bird, Rupert's bird, and camp-robber.
- 1910 This was the Whisky Jack of which I had heard so much. He is a cross between the shrikes and the jays. He has several names, such as Hudson's Bay bird, Oregon jay, and moose bird.
- 1959 Grey Jay [is also called] Hudson Bay bird (B.C.). . . .
- 1888 (1890) My friend of the woods, the moose-bird. . . . I found his real name was the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis; he has many aliases, being also called the Hudson's Bay bird