What is "royston crow"

Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.

1. Covered with a hood.

2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.

3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.

4. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

   2. Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.

      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).

The Royston Crow is a newspaper published in Royston, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded by John Warren in 1855. The newspaper is now a weekly publication, part of the Archant group. The newspaper's name is eponymous with the common name of the bird Corvus cornix, whose more frequently used name throughout Europe is the hooded crow.

Royston Crow may refer to:

• The regional name of the hooded crow, Corvus cornix
• Royston Crow (newspaper), a newspaper published in Royston, Hertfordshire, England