DCHP-3

camp robber

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

Quotations

1888
At almost every camp . . . we were attended by those delightful birds known as the Camp Robbers. . . .
1963
In the interior [of B.C.] they are often called "camp robbers," in contrast to the universal name of "whiskey jack". . . .