FLICKER. 
412. Colaptes auratus. 13 inches. 
Male with a black moustache mark; female without, 
although young females in the first plumage show some 
black. 
These birds are very often known as ‘“Golden-winged 
Woodpeckers,” “‘High-holes” and about a hundred other 
names in different localities. Flickers are found com- 
monly in woods, orchards or trees by the roadside; on 
pleasant days their rapidly uttered, rolling whistle may 
be heard at all hours of the day. 
Note.—A rapidly repeated whistle, “euk,” ‘“cuk,” 
“euk”; an emphatic ‘“quit-u,” ‘‘quit-u,” and several 
cthers of a similar nature. 
Nest.—A cavity in a tree, at any distance from the 
ground. The white eggs usually vary in number from 
five to ten, but they have been known to lay as many as 
seventy-one, where an egg was taken from the nest each 
day. 
Range.—South Atlantie States. The Northern Flicker 
(luteus) is found in North America east of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
