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Report of State Geologist. 



97. GrEmrs COLAPTBS Swainson. 



*166. (412). Colaptes auratus (Linn.). 



Flicker. 



Synonyms, GoLDEN-wiNaED Woodpecker, High Hole, High Holder, Wiokup. 



Flicker. 



IBeal.— Bulletin No. 7, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, United States Department 



of Agriculture, p. 17.) 



Adult Male. — Back, wing-coYerts 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 

 {!ach side of throat. 



Length, 12.00-13.75; wings, 5.50-6.60; tail, 4.00-4.95. 



Eangb. — Forth 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 



