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•ilO. GOLDEN^FRONTED WoODPEfKER. 

 Centurus aurifrons. 



Range. — Mexico and southern Texas, resident. 



Tliis is also one of the "zebra" or "ladder- 

 l)ael?ed" Woodpeckers, having the baclt and 

 wings closely barred with black and white, the 

 same as the preceding; the forehead, nasal 

 tufts and nape are gol- 

 den yellow, and the ,^— — — ^ 

 male has a patch of red 

 on the crown. This is 

 a very common resident 

 species in the Ijower 

 Rio Grande Valley in 



Texas, where it nests in '- ^' 



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ously in the latter situations as to become a 

 nuisance. Their nesting habits are not in any 

 manner peculiar, and the eggs cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from those of the preceding. Size 

 1.00 X .75. Laid during April and May. 



ill. Cii/,.\ Woodpecker. 



C I' lit II r us uropi/gialis. 



Range.— Mexican border of the United States, 

 in southern Arizona and New Mexico. 



Like the preceding but without any yellow 

 on the head, the male having a red patch in 

 the center of the crown. They are locally dis 

 ^ii,,_^„ tributed in New Mexico, but appear to be abund- 



ant in all parts of southern Arizona, where they 

 nest principally in giant cacti, but also in many other trees such as cottonwoods, 

 mesquite, sycamores, etc. Besides their decided preference for giant cacti, 

 there is nothing unusual in their nesting habits, and the eggs are not different 

 from those of others of the genus. They lay from three to six eggs in April or 

 May. Size 1.00 x .75. 



412. Flicker. Colivptes auratuH aiiratus. 



Range. — Southeastern United States. 



Flickers are well known, large Woodpeckers (13 

 inclies long), with a brownish tone to the plumage, bar- 

 red on the back and spotted on the breast wifh black. 

 The present species has a golden yellow lining to the 

 wings and tail, and the shafts of the feathers are yellow; 

 it has a red crescent on the nape, and the male has black 

 moustache marks. This species and its sub-variety are 

 the most widely known Woodpeckers in eastern North 

 America, where they are known in different localities, 

 by sometliing like a hundred local names, pT which 



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