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scrutiny of the ground cover I spied a brownish yellow chick 
drowsily blinking on the dead leaves (Fig. 31). Another chick 
was crouching on dead leaves about a yard from the first. On 
June 15 I went to the place again, in the afternoon. The female 
fluttered out of the same little area, but had moved about twenty 
feet from the place used the day before in hovering her young. 
From the fact that I had found the two young about a yard apart 
the day before, it was my thought that the mother bird had fol- 
lowed the chicks instead of moving them, which this bird has been 
reported as doing when disturbed in its nesting. 
48. Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs 
The Flicker is common in the Guest House neighborhood, where 
its habits are characteristic, not suggesting further comment here. 
49. Downy Woodpecker. Dryobates puhescens mediamis( Swains.) 
The Downy Woodpecker is common in the Guest House neigh- 
borhood, though my notes do not warrant further mention of it 
here. 
50. Hairy Woodpecker. Dryobates villosiis villosus (Linn.) 
The Hairy Woodpecker occurs . regularly in the Guest House 
neighborhood. The comments concerning it in the preceding chap- 
ter apply equally regarding it here. 
51. Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle, alcyon (Linn.) 
The Kingfisher is common in the Guest House neighborhood. 
Nothing further can be given here regarding its habits and charac- 
teristics. 
52. Black-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.) 
The Black-billed Cuckoo occurs in the Guest House neighbor- 
hood in about the same proportion as at Bear Mountain, and no 
comment is warranted more than that given in the preceding 
chapter. 
