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Fie-. 229. 



1*. NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER, C. p. 

 ABiETicoLA. Larger than 1. Southern Alleghanies north- 

 ward but restricted to large areas of forests, 

 h. Flickers. Colaptes. 



Medium sized woodpeckers with a long, curved bill, and 

 a patch of white on rump. 



1. FLICKER, C. AURATUS. 

 12.00; brown above, reddish- 

 ash beneath with a whitish 

 washing on chest and abdomen, 

 banded above, maxillary patch, 

 crescent on breast, and round 

 spots beneath, black; top of 

 head, bluish; scarlet patch on 

 nape, fig. 229; female lacks the 

 black maxillary patch. South- 

 ern U. S. south of S. C. Com- 

 mon, Cries, a whistling 

 scream, an interrupted call, a 

 series of "j^c/i-a" notes; the first is an alarm, the next two 

 breeding notes. 



1*. NORTHER?^ FLICKER, C. A. luteus. Larger, 

 lighter above but with less white beneath. Eastern N. A. 

 from S. C. northward. Abundant. 



X. OOATSUCKERS, Capi-iiniilgri. 



Long-winged birds with small bills having a wide gape; 

 Fig. 230. eyes, large; colors, dull and incon- 



spicuous; feet, small, middle toe 

 nail, pectinated, fig. 230. Distributed 

 ^^^^^^ throughout the temperate and trop- 



ical zones. Eggs, 2, deposited on the 

 ground, sometimes in caves. Young, 

 X, A, a, 1. covered with down but helpless. 



Food, tnsects. 



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W, A, h. 1. 1-6. 



