64 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
“Common. Resident. Breeds.” (1890e). 
Recorded as “quite common” in Baldwin County, Sept. 
16°to’ Oct2) G92: 
No. 51Bis. Male. Greensboro. Feb. 7, 1878. W. C. Avery. 
No. 638. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 3, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 914. Male hornot. Greensboro. Sept. 8, 1891. W. C. Avery. 
No. ..... Odd specimen without label. 
95. COLAPTES AURATUS AURATUS (Linnzus). 
FLICKER. 
“Yellow Hammer.” 
There is only one specimen of the resident subspecies 
in the collection; it is listed below. 
No. 866. Male-hornot. Greensboro. June 13, 1891. W. C. Avery. 
96. COLAPTES AURATUS LUTEUS (Bangs). 
NORTHERN FLICKER. 
“Yellow Hammer.” 
“Abundant. Winter resident. A few remain during 
summer and nest here.” (1890e). 
Subspecies lutews was not described until 1898, so the 
above note was absolutely correct at the time it was 
published. It is known now, however, that auratus is the 
breeding bird while luteus is only a winter visitant. 
No. 49Bis. Female. Greensboro. Jan. 28, 1878. W. C. Avery. 
No. 318. Female. Greensboro. Dec. 19, 1889. W.C. Avery. 
No. 351. Male. Greensboro. Jan. 22, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 817. Female. Greensboro. Mar. 24,1891. W. C. Avery. 
No. ...... Odd specimen—no data. 
97. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS (Gmelin). 
CHUCK-WILL’s WIDOW. 
Entered under the record of No. 34 (old series), an 
adult female, taken at Greensboro, Sept. 3, 1877, the 
stomach of which contained “debris of large beetles,” is 
this note: 
“This bird is found in Alabama only in warm weather; 
appearing here in the spring and leaving on the approach 
of cold weather. It is insectivorous hence it must go to 
some climate farther south, where insects abound dur- 
ing our winter.” 
Of course the Doctor had reference to flying insects 
such as comprise the food of the goatsuckers. 
