PERMANENT GROUP BLACK AND YELLOW LIST 93 



BLACK AND YELLOW LIST. 



Nos. 252-257 : Showing both Black and Yellow. 



252. GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER: FLICKER. 



Olive-brown Cinnamon, black, whitish, spotted. 



12^. Above, umber-brown, black-barred ; scarlet cres- 

 cent on nape ; rump, white ; tail, blackish above ; wings 

 and tail, bright yellow beneath ; below, black maxillary 

 spots ; throat and upper breast, cinnamon, with black cres- 

 cent oxv latter ; other under parts, white, tinged and spotted. 



Less abundant in winter, particularly north ; nest, in tree-hole ; 

 eggs, middle of May, 6-7, pure white. 



253. BLACK-BACKED, THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 



Black, white White. 



8-9. Crown-spot, yellow; sides of head, black-and-white- 

 striped ; back, black ; wings and tail, black and white ; 

 below, white ; sides, black-barred ; ? , without yellow on 

 crown. 



Breeds north of Mass., common in Ad'r'ks ; in winter rarely to 

 Conn., not in Pa. or N. J. ; nest, chiefly in evergreens; eggs, pure 

 white. 



254. WHITE-BACKED, THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 



8-9. Like preceding, but with white line down the back, 



interrupted with black. 



Breeds on northern edge ; more northern than " black-backed, " and 

 rarer ; nest and eggs, as in "black-backed." 



255. CEDAR-BIRD : WAXWING. 



Creamy-brown. 



d-"]. Crested ; forehead, broad eye-stripe, and chin, 

 black ; red spots, as of sealing-wax, often seen on wings, 



