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woodpeckers common near civilization is the flicker or 

 high-holer, also called yellow-hammer, easily distinguished 

 by the black crescent on the breast and the white rump 

 conspicuous in flight. It feeds largely on ants. The 



FIG. 281. . 



FIG. 281. 



FIG. 281. C. 



FIG. 281. D. 



FIG. 281. The robin demonstrating how quickly hated insects may be transformed 

 into grace and beauty. A and J3, May first ; C, May ninth ; D, May fourteenth ; 

 E (page 247), May seventeenth, the day on which they flew away. Photograph 

 by N. F. Davis. 



