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Royston crow|ˈrɔɪstən|
Also 7 Roiston.
[f. the place-name Royston on the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.]
The hooded or grey crow (Corvus cornix).
1611Cotgr. s.v. Corneille, Corneille emmantelée, the Roiston Crow, or winter Crow, whose backe, and bellie are of an ashie colour. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 160 Crowes of mingled colour, such as wee call Royston Crowes. 1734E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds II. 22 The Royston Crow..; on the Heathes about Newmarket, Royston, and elsewhere in Cambridgeshire it is frequently seen in Winter Time. 1771G. White Selborne xlii, Royston, or grey crows, are winter birds that come much about the same time with the wood⁓cock. 1841Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 253 The royston or grey-backed crow (Corvus cornix). 1880Baring-Gould Mehalah i, At all times they are haunted with sea mews and roysten [sic] crows. |