s««dg Tbll# tb«y ver* still quits soft* 
iXirlng proTiouo IqtosIoqs (1904) parrots worosaid to toavo oaton 
pinyon outs but wore sot koosa to bavo dono this in 1917 and 1918. f«ro 
spoclos of tMs group occur hero in fair ut»)b«re« tbo Idoxioaa Picyon 
I Pinna ctabroides l and tho Pinyoa ( Plaus odulls l . 
W'con tho harvest of pine cones was completed the Shiok-billed 
parrots turned their attention to an abundiuit crop of acorns and these 
formed their food through fall and winter, fhe birds fed at first in 
the trees and then later descended to feed on the ground la search of 
fallen nuts. At least four i^eoiee of oalce are eomaon beze and all 
probably furnished food for these birds. The white-leaf oaic ( Qua reus 
hypoleuca l ahandant on tl» upper slopes (low transition and high upper 
sonoraa} has a vary swoet aoora. The Arlsoaa oak ( Quo reus srlzonloa l. 
v^uerous reticulata and Quereus srisea covarqjjf extensive areas* 
According to various newspaper accounts tho Thiek-billed parrot 
had cone in flocks into fields of feterlta^ and kaffir oon^and bad fed 
in them extensively .;hifih-Hs4ar%ements Wfiru outside ClM Tange Of 
■ t he - p a r rete^and it was also said that they ate oamj Oareful inquiry 
however among the ranchers in the Chiriohua mountains showed these state- 
ments to be groundless and that the food of the blrde ae statod above 
mi' 
was made up entirely of pine eeeds and acorns. In Pinery Canyon Fr 
Hands said that the parrots fed constantly in Oaxs bordering fields of 
com and small grains ^coming to the borders of the olearings.bat never 
attacking or injuring the orops in any way. The same statement was made 
by other ranchers here and farther south* F* Eelno in Ituekor canyon 
said that whan the birds reached hie ranch apples were still on the 
trees in bis orchard* Ha watched tho feeding habits of tho parrots with 
