234 BIRDS 



dozen woodpeckers have been more or less dependent for a 

 living. Five to nine eggs are usually laid. 



In the South Atlantic and Gulf states we have another 

 form, slightly smaller than the northern flicker and a little 

 darker in color. Colorado and the territoiy immediately 

 westward is the home of the red-shafted flicker, a bird whose 

 wing quills are bright crimson, instead of yellow. 



