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Report of State Geologist. 



97. Gesus COLAPTES Swainson. 



^166. i-H-2). Colaptes auratus (Lixn.). 



Flicker. 



SvUdliyillS, (iol.UKN-W IN0K1> WOOMI'ECKKR, HiGll HoLK, HuiH HOU>KR, ^VlOK^l^■ 



'T.^tTl 



Flicker. 



I l>e;il.^Hulletii\ N<>. 7. Division of Ornithology and Maiumalosry, United t^tiites Oepiirtmeut 



of Agrii'ulture, i>. 17.1 



AduM Male. — Ixiok. a\ ing-eoverts aud inuor quills, brownish, barred 

 with black; rump and upper tail-coverts, white; outer edge of quills 

 and tail feathers above, black; shafts of feathers and under surface of 

 sa-me, golden-yellow, the tail feathers tipped with black: head and 

 nape, grayish, the latter with scarlet band; a black stripe on each side 

 of throat; below, chin, throat and breast vinaceous, the last bordered 

 by a large black crescent; rest of under parts paler vinaceous, with 

 black spots. Adult Female. — Similar, but without the black streak on 

 each side of throat. 



Length. r>?.00-l-.>.75; wings, 5.50-(>.60; tail, 4.00-4.95. 



Kangk. — North and eastern North America, from eastern Texas 

 and Florida north to Labrador, Hudson Bay, Alaska and the Arctic 

 Coast. West to Nebraska. North Dakota, Assiniboia. .Veeidental in 



