This was a bobtailed crow, and he did not obey the word of command.
"Ways of Nature"
John Burroughs
The bobtailed bird, which had probably met with some accident, did not follow, and the mother returned to feed it; the young crow lifted its wings and flapped them, and in its eagerness probably fell off its perch; then when its parent flew away, it followed.
"Ways of Nature"
John Burroughs
Then a meeting was called for Saturday, the 18th December, to be held at that well-known sporting little inn The bobtailed Fox.
"The Duke's Children"
Anthony Trollope