52 Birds of Oregon and Washington 

 THE RED-SHAFTED FLICKER. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Upper parts : brown, barred with black, with 

 white rump. 



Under parts : light reddish-white, spotted with 

 black ; under the wings, salmon-red. A con- 

 spicuous black "crescent on breast. 



Length, 12 to 13 inches. 



Found everywhere, very often about houses. 



It is necessary to give the next place to the 

 familiar, cheery, beautiful and altogether splendid 

 Woodpecker, that haunts town and country 

 alike, sometimes rapping upon houses with his 

 strong bill, entering them through open win- 

 dows, and even occasionally forcing his way in 

 through doors which he has made for himself, if 

 left undisturbed in his work. This bird is 

 familiarly known as u the Flicker." He has 

 many other names in other parts of the country, 

 and is here sometimes called the " Yellowham- 

 mer," after his eastern cousin though the name 

 is misapplied, since the Flicker of this coast has 

 red or salmon color in place of the yellow which 

 is characteristic of the eastern species. " Red- 

 hammer " would be the appropriate name for 



