FLICKER 



A CANDIDATE FOR NATIONAL HONORS 

 {Fi^s, 21, 22) 



|F I were asked to vote for a national 

 bird I should cast my ballot for the 

 Flicker. He is a real citizen of 

 North America. His home extends 

 from Central America to Canada. 

 Throughout the greater part of 

 this wide territory he may be found every month in 

 the year, though north of the latitude of New York 

 he is not common during the winter. 



The Flicker would have my vote not only because 

 he inhabits the entire nation, and can therefore repre- 

 sent every state in it, but in character, habits, and 

 appearance he is clearly a credit to the country. 



He is alert, industrious, progressive and success- 

 ful. Some members of his family (for example, the 

 Ivory-billed Woodpecker and Pileated Woodpecker) 

 have been unable to adapt themselves to the changes 

 which have been made in their haunts by man. When 



the forests go they also disappear. 



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