FAMILY PicidcE 



woodpecker fashion. The Lewis woodpecker 

 may be found everywhere from sea level to 

 high mountains, frequenting the stretches of 

 dead timber where it may be seen flying from 

 stub to stub, or perched in flicker-like atti- 

 tude on the top of a broken-off tree or length- 

 wise on a limb. 



It is also found throughout the valleys 

 about the farming districts especially where 

 there are numerous dead and blackened stubs 

 suitable for nesting holes. It is a familiar 

 figure perched on fence posts along country 

 roads on the lookout for grasshoppers and 

 crickets, or darting into the air to snap up a 

 passing winged insect. This habit is often 

 indulged from the top of a high stub, the bird 

 returning again and again to the same perch 

 unless its excursion takes it far afield, when it 

 will stop on some other tree to repeat the per- 

 formance. The iridescent greenish black of the 

 upper-parts, crimson face, grayish breast, and 

 rose pink belly make the Lewis wood pecker 

 distinctive in coloration and easily identified. 



FAMILY ODONTOPHORIDM: BOB- 

 WHITES, QUAILS 



^ Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus vir- 

 ginianus. 10.00 



Distribution: Resident in eastern United 

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