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meekly, but not wholly able to resist an occasional 

 jump. 



"I'll show you the way," said Nat. "The little 

 Downy's tree was beside the footpath on top of the 

 river bank. But the bird has gone! " 



The Flicker 



Length twelve inches. 



Upper parts brown barred with black ; the rump snow-white ; 

 the head gray with a scarlet band on the back of it. 



Under parts crowded with round black spots ; a large black 

 patch on the breast ; throat lilac ; the male with a pair of black 

 moustaches, which, of course, the female does not have. 



Under side of wings and tail almost all golden-yellow, even the 

 shafts of the feathers being of this rich color. 



A Citizen of eastern North America, west sometimes to the 

 Pacific Ocean. Spends the winter in the southern half of his 

 range. 



This Woodpecker is not only a beautiful, but a useful. Citizen, 

 doing almost as much work m the guild of Ground Gleaners as 

 the Meadowlark, besides being a Tree Trapper and Seed Sower. 



