CLARKE NUTCRACKER, 
491. Nucifraga columbiana. 12 inches. 
Found in the mountains of western North America, from 
Mexico to Alaska. In habits they much resemble the Crow 
or some of the Jays. Their food consisting largely of seeds 
from the pine cones, insects of many varieties, larvae and 
berries. They seem to prefer the tops of the higher mountain 
ranges, coming down into the valleys for their supply of 
food. Their nesting sites are well up in the mountains, where 
they build their nests in the coniferous trees, of twigs, weeds, 
strips of bark and plant fibers, making a deep cup-shaped nest 
in which they lay from three to five greenish gray eggs, 
spotted over the whole surface with brown and lavender 
(1.30 x .90). 
PINON JAY. 
492. Cyanocepbalns cyanocephalus. 11 inches. 
To be found in the pine regions of the Rockies and west, 
and from British Columbia to southern California. They are 
very sociable birds, keeping in colonies, and always have much 
to talk about among themselves; after the breeding season they 
may be seen in large flocks. Three to five bluish gray eggs, are 
spotted with different shades of brown (1.20 x.85). 
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