SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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409. Melanerpes carolinus {Linn.). — Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. 



West Point, Omaha, Harrison (L. Bruner); "Rather common in spots in 

 southern Nebraska" (Aughey); "Resident, not uncommon " (Taylor) "West 

 to eastern base of the Rocky mountains" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Lincoln 

 (F. J. Brezee); " Not commonly seen — breeds in Sarpy county" (L S. Trost- 

 ler). 



412. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). — Flicker; Yellow-shafted 

 Flicker. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln, Pine Ridge, Holt county (L. Bruner); breeds; 

 "Wooded portions of Nebraska — breeds" (Aughey); "Abundant during 

 spring, summer, and fall, and probably a constant resident" (Taylor); "West 

 to the eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt (A. 

 S. Pearse); Omaha — breeding (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); 

 Wood River, Newcastle, Genoa, O'Neill (D. H. Talbot); Gage county — breeds 

 (F. A. Colby); "a common resident — becoming scarcer and being replaced by 

 the Red-shafted Flicker " (I. S. Trostler) ; Sioux county, Feb. 25, 1896 (L. Skow). 



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Fig. 37.— Flicker. 



The Flicker is one of our most common woodpeckers in Nebraska, 

 and does much towards keeping down a number of different kinds of 

 insects. It is verv fond of, in fact it is partial to, ants as a diet and 



