a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
See also: Canada jay
- 1795  (1911)  The Cinereous Crow, or . . . Whisky-Jack . . . is in reality so small, seldom as to weigh three ounces.
- 1820  (1823)  The summer birds by this time had entirely deserted us, leaving for our winter companions, the raven, cinereous crow, ptarmigan, and snow-bird.
- 1853  On looking up, they beheld . . . the "cinereous crow" . . . or, as it is better known, the "whiskey jack."