Dun crow

Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
   1. Covered with a hood.
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   2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
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   3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
      paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
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   4. (Zool.)
      (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
          the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
      (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
          neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
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   {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
      also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}.

   {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull.

   {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}.

   {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
      cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
      upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}.

   {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}.

   {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc.
      

   {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
      mitrata}).
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Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. &
   Gael. donn.]
   Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
   of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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         Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.  -- Pierpont.
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         Chill and dun
         Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble.
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   {Dun crow} (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
      color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}.

   {Dun diver} (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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