BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 35 



Flicker, Northern (continued) 



Call no. 

 Nu FkNS Six Young Male Birds Posed in a Row on Limb. Arcade. 

 (1905) Beebe 



What distinguishes them as males? Flickers perch crosswise 

 on a limb more often than other woodpeckers. 



Nu FkN6 Adult Male on a Horizontal Perch, Side View. Geneseo. 

 (January 1914) Bailey 



Compare general shape of this bird with that of Nu FkN. 

 The flicker is a rather degenerate woodpecker. 



Nu FkNS Adult Flying to Nest Seen in Tree Trunk. Ithaca. (June 

 1, 1915) Allen 



Flycatcher, Acadian (Empidonax virescens) 



Common in the lower Hudson valley, fairly common on west- 

 ern Long Island. It prefers dense woodlands in dry places. 



5.75-6.25 



Nu Fnl Adult on Nest on Small Beech Limb. Taghanic. (June 11, 

 1913) Allen 



Note that the nest is semihanging. 

 Nu Fn2 Nest with Eggs Bailey 



Flycatcher, Crested (Myiarchus crinitus) 



The brightest colored of the flycatchers. Courageous, making 

 warfare on other birds. It prefers groves and forest. A common 

 summer resident in all the warmer districts of the State. 



8.75-9.15 



Nu FnC Adult Leaving Nest in Hollow Tree Stub. South Onon- 

 daga. (1900) Bailey 



The head appears larger in proportion to the body than it really 

 is because it is nearer the camera. 



Nu FnC2 Nest with Six Eggs in Cavity of Old Sawed-off Limb. 

 South Onondaga. (1900) Bailey 



The nests are placed in deserted' woodpecker holes, cavities in 

 limbs and sometimes in nesting boxes put up for the purpose. 



