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crimson. Collar around back of neck gray; 

 body gray below becoming reddish on bellv, 

 where it gradually deepens to a pinkish red or 

 crimson. 



56. Gila Woodpecker; Melanerpes uropygialis 

 (Baird). 



A Mexican form straying into the southeastern 

 corner of the State. Head gray; back barred 

 with black and white. Under parts brownish 

 gray; belly yellowish. Crimson collar in the 

 male. 



57. Gilded Flicker; Colaptes chrysoides (Malh.). 



A Mexican form straying into southeastern Cali- 

 fornia. In general like the common flicker or 

 highhole of the east, with golden shafts, but 

 with the mustache red instead of black, and no 

 red on top of the head. 



58. Red-shafted Flicker; Colaptes cafer (Gmel.). 



A very abundant and characteristic bird in all 

 California woodlands. The western representa- 

 tive oi the flicker, with which it commonly 

 hybridizes in many localities. Large in size, a 

 foot or more in length. Large white rump- 

 patch; the shafts of wing and tail-feathers bright 

 red. A conspicuous black crescentic patch on 

 breast. Mustaches scarlet in the male. Throat 

 ash; under parts pale vinaceous, with round 

 black dots; upper parts pinkish brown, barred 

 with black. 



