shite-hawkn.

1944 M. Freedman in Longman's Misc. 2 159 A huge grey bird, which the soldiers know as the shite-hawk, swooped heavily over the garbage.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 167 Shitehawk, any large bird of prey; the eagle worn by 4th Indian Division on their sleeves went by this name... In the R.A.F., it designates the eagle on the left breast-pocket of qualified Pathfinders.

1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1356/2 Shitehawk... A vulture: British Army in India: ca. 1870–1947.

1967 ‘J. Winton’ H.M.S. Leviathan (1969) xxii. 352 To the average sailor, all birds were shite-hawks and most fish were mackerel.

1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 75 The universal kite-hawks—universally known as ‘shite-hawks’—had been plentiful in Kanchapur; in Vadikhasundi, they were two a penny. Like the fly, the shite-hawk was one of India's essential scavengers.

1987 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Sept. Overhead the inevitable seagulls whirled. ‘I should watch it,’ said one amiably. ‘Them shite hawks can crap through the eye of a needle.’

2006 Times (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Features) 23 Shite-hawks..are more properly known as black kites,..gaining their unlovely nickname from British troops who used to get the meat stolen from their plates by these bold and skilful birds.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 167 Shitehawk, an outsider; any unpleasant person.

1958 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More iv. 95 That shitehawk... Why can't a man like that be shot like a sick horse.

1981 J. B. Hilton Playground of Death v. 64 I liked the man... And yet he was a shite-hawk. He was a journalist.

1999 K. Sampson Powder 131 How come you write him up like a messiah when you know he's a phoney little shitehawk?