THE CLARK NUTCRACKER. . 19 
Clark’s Nutcracker is the presiding genius of the East-side slopes and 
light-forested foothills, as well as of the rugged fastnesses of the central 
Cordilleras. His presence, during fall and winter, at the lower altitudes 
depends in large measure upon the pine-cone crop, since pine seeds are his 
staple, tho by no means his exclusive diet. This black and white and gray 
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER. 
“Crow” curiously combines the characteristics of Woodpecker and Jay as 
well. Like the Lewis Woodpecker, he sometimes hawks at passing insects, 
eats berries from bushes, or alights on the ground to glean grubs, grass- 
hoppers, and black crickets. In the mountains it shares with the Jays of the 
Perisoreus group the names ‘“‘meat-bird” and ‘“‘camp-robber,” for nothing 
that is edible comes amiss to this bird, and instances are on record of its 
having invaded not only the open-air kitchen, but the tent, as well, in search 
of “supplies.” 
Of its favorite food, John Keast Lord says: “Clark’s ‘Crows’ have, 
like the Cross-bills, to get out the seeds from underneath the scaly coverings 
constituting the outward side of the fir-cone; nature has not given them 
