Plate XXVI. Page 116. 



FLICKER. 

 Length, 12-00 inches. Male, crown gray, nape scarlet, back brownish 

 and black, rump white; under surface of wings and tail yellow; sides of 

 throat and breast-patcli black ; belly spotted with black. Female, simi- 

 lar, but no black on sides of throat. 



