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EBPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



97. GENUS COLAPTES SWAINSON. 



*166, (412). Colaptes auratus (LINN.). 



Flicker. 

 Synonyms, GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER, HIGH HOLE, HIGH HOLDER, WICKI i\ 



Flicker. 



i Beal. Bulletin No. 7, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, United States Department 



of Agriculture, p. 17/1 



. I dult Male. Back, wing-coverts and inner 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 

 same, 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, 12.00-12.75; wings, 5.50-6.60; tail, 4.00-4.95. 



RANGE. 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. Accidental in 



