96 BIRDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA 
408. Lewis’s WoopPECKER (Asyndesmus lewisi.) 
A summer resident of the Black Hills. Crown and back 
dark green. Neck and breast gray; belly ruby; cheeks dark 
red. Slightly larger than the Red-headed Woodpecker. 
409. ReEp-BELLIED WoopPECKER (Centurus carolinus.) 
The range of this Woodpecker is the “eastern United 
States” but it has been authoritatively recorded from eastern 
South Dakota. 
It is slightly smaller than the Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Crown and nape red; back and wings barred with black and 
white. Throat and breast gray; lower parts of belly red. Crown 
of female gray; otherwise similar to the male. 
412a. NorTHERN FLICKER (Colaptes auratus luteus.) 
This is our largest, most widely distributed, and most 
beautiful Woodpecker. It is even found nesting west of the Mis- 
souri River in fence-posts, far from trees. Its colors are many— 
bluish gray, pinkish brown, scarlet, yellow, black, white, golden, 
tawny, ash, lilac brown, olive brown. Yet though so many, 
with some of them very distinct, these colors are exquisitely 
blended. The Flickers are often seen upon the ground, for their 
favorite food is ants. They often return to the same nest, exca- 
vating a little deeper each year. 
Flickers frequently pass the winter in the southeastern 
part of the State, especially when the wild grape crop is plenti- 
ful. 
413. ReEpD-SHAFTED FLICKER (Colaptes cafer collaris.) 
A summer resident of the western part of the State. Back 
gray, barred with black; crown grayish brown. No red nape 
band; sides of throat red instead of black, as in the Northern 
Flicker. Throat gray; under wings and tail light salmon. Fe- 
males do not have the red throat patch. 
Specimens have been taken along White River that are 
thought to be hybrids. They much resemble this species but 
lack the salmon shades under the wings and tail. 
