THE SCAVENGERS 



whole a lazy dog, is apt to fall into carrion 

 eating because it is easier. The red fox 

 and bobcat, a little pressed by hunger, will 

 eat of any other animal's kill, but will not 

 ordinarily touch what dies of itself, and are 

 exceedingly shy of food that has been man- 

 handled. 



Very clean and handsome, quite bely- 

 ing his relationship in appearance, is 

 Clark's crow, that scavenger and plunderer 

 of mountain camps. It is permissible to 

 call him by his common name, " Camp 

 Robber : " he has earned it. Not content 

 with refuse, he pecks open meal sacks, 

 filches whole potatoes, is a gormand for 

 bacon, drills holes in packing cases, and is 

 daunted by nothing short of tin. All the 

 while he does not neglect to vituperate 

 the chipmunks and sparrows that whisk 

 off crumbs of comfort from under the 

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