[Ads-l] Antedating of "glass-eyed pike" (OED 1890)

[John Doe]

a1874 James W. Milner in Report of Commissioner The wall-eyed pike
(*Stizostedium
Americanum*) is another species that has received favor for [fish-breeding].
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_on_the_Conditions_of_the_Sea_Fish/GJMYAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22glass%20eyed%20pike%22

This is the earliest cite that says it's a common name for the *S.
Americanum*. The earliest cite, which says something different than the
OED, is:

1851 John Van Voorst Fly-Fishing in Salt & Fresh Water The Pickerel[.] We
give the New England name [...] ; it is known in western New York, and in
the south, as the pike, and ["pickerel" refers] to the glass-eyed pike
(*Lucioperca
Americana*).
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fly_fishing_in_Salt_and_Fresh_Water/p1AYT6r09GYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22glass-eyed+pike%22&pg=PA74&printsec=frontcover

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