a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
See also: Canada jay
- 1956  [The Canada jay is also called] meat hawk (. . . N.S., Ont.); meat jay (. . . N.S.). . . .
- 1963  His [Canada jay's] names, all Canadian, are: whisky jack, whisky john, moose bird, meat bird, camp robber, meat hawk, and lumberjack.