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EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
four to six; .95 by .7o. The nest of this bird is excavated in some high 
dead tree. Ex INSRS 
371. Pileated Woodpecker; Logcock—nyLotomus PILEATUS.  Glis- 
tening white; six; 1.25 by 1.02. The nesting place is excavated by the 
bird in a large limb or trunk of a high tree, either living or dead. (See 
Notes. ) Timber regions of N, A. 
372. Red-bellied Woodpecker—cENTURUS CAROLINUS. White; five; 
1.05 by .85. Nest excavated in the dead limb or trunk of a high tree. 
1 Din OF os = 
375. > Red-headed Woodpecker — MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS. 
Glossy white; five; 1.10 by .85,v7. Nests excavated in a dead limb or 
trunk of a tree, frequently excavated in living wood. Temperate N. A. 
376. Lewis’s Woodpecker — MELANERPES TORQUATUS. Crystalline 
white; five; 1.10 by .go. Nesting habits similar to those of the Red- 
headed Woodpecker. W. A. 
377. Californian Woodpecker — MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS  BAIRDI. 
White; four or five; 1.12 by .oo. Nest excavated in the body of a 
high tree. (ec 
378. Yellow-shafted Flicker—coLaprEs AURATUS. Glossy white; five 
to seven; 1.09 by .88. Nest excavated in a dead trunk, usually at a con- 
siderable height. ‘ ENA 
378. Red shafted Flicker—cOLAPTES AURATUS MEXICANUS. Pure glossy 
white; five to seven; 1.10 by .88. Nesting habits similar to those of the 
preceding species. W. N. A. 
382. Belted Kingfisher—cERYLE ALcCyon. Clear shining white, nearly 
spherical; five to seven; 1.30 by 1.05. The nest is an excavation in the 
face of a high bank of a stream or in the side of an artificial excavation. 
North and Middle America. 
383. Texan Kingfisher—CERYLE AMERICANA CABANISI. Pure crystal- 
white; five to seven; 1.06 by .61. Nesting habits similar to those of the 
preceding species. Rio Grande region of Texas, 
385. Road-runner ; Chapparral Cock — GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS. 
Dirty-white ; two to six; 1.59 by 1.20. Nests in trees, usually in the low 
branches oa cactus. Middle Texas, New Mexico and California. 
387.  Yellow-billed Cuckoo—coccyzus AMERICANUS. Light bluish- 
green, fading upon the least exposure to light; two to five; 1.12 by .83. 
Nests in trees or in clusters of briars or bushes. N. A. east of Rocky Mts. * 
