846 Report of State Geologist. 



injurious to trees. In fact, except ants, of which it eats great nuiu 

 bers, it is not so destructive to insects a.s the other Woodpeckers an-. 

 The stomachs of 230 Flickers examined showed animal food 56 per 

 cent.; vegetable food, 39 per cent.; mineral food, 5 per cent. Of the 

 aiiiuinl matter, which was insects, the percentage was divided as fol- 

 lows: Ants, 43 per cent.; beetles, and their larvae, 10; caterpillars, 1 ; 

 grasshoppers, 1; spiders and m}Tiapods, 1 (Beal, Bulletin No. 7, Div. 

 0. and M., U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 11). Several stomachs contained noth- 

 ing but ants. In two, the actual number of ants in each stomach ex- 

 ceeded 3,000 (Ibid, p. 17). Tlio vegetable material it eats is principal- 

 Iv tliat -Nvliich orows wild. 



.\. OwDKH :MACR0CHIRES. Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, Etc. 



Suborder CAPRIMULGI. Goatsi okers. Etc. 

 XXXIII. Family CAPRIMULGID.E, Goatsuckers, Etc. 



(1^ (tape with long bristles: tail even or ronnded; jihunage Huffy. 



AXTROSTOMIIS. 9S 



(I-. (tape witluMit long bristles; tail forked; plumage more compact. 



(.'llORUKILKS. W 



08. (iKNUs ANTROfSTOMUS (ioiLi-. 



(('. Wing over S.CK' ; rietal bristles wiiii lateral branches. 



A. caroliuensis ((.Jmel.). 167 

 <(-. Wing uuiler 7.(X» ; rictal bristles not branched. A. vociferus (Wils.). 168 



*167. (41(i). Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmel.). 



Chuck-Wiirs- Widow. 



AtluU Male. — Bristles at the base of bill, branched. Above, mottled 

 vvitli gray ochraceous, tawny and black, and more or less streaked with 

 black; primaries, dusky spotted, witli ochraceous. Below, tawny or 

 huffy and gra.}ish, mottled with dusky; throat and crissum, moi-e 

 ochraceous; inner web of three outer tail-feathers, white or ochrace- 

 ous. Adult Female. — Similar, but inner web of three outer tail-feath- 

 ers without white. 



Length, 11.00-l-?.00; wing, 8.70-8.90: tail, (5.26-6.30. 



Range. — .\merica, from Colombia and "West Indies north to south- 

 ern Virginia, West Virginia, southern Indiana, Southern Illinois and 



