Yellow-sliafted Flick er, ( Colaptes aura- 
tus). Abundant. Summer resident. Breeds. 
Arrives in April. A few remian until Oct. 
In this region they are often called Grass- 
^ ^ hopper Woodpeckers, from their well- 
* known habit of congregating in open fields, 
O ~f? where grasshoppers abound, before the 
autumn migration. I once saw two female 
Flickers, each of them trying to gain the 
attentions of a male, who seemed com- 
pletely overwhelmed by such an outpour- 
■ ing of caresses. If he attempted to notice 
| ’one, the other immediately interfered. I 
^ hwatclied them for an hour, and left them 
^ v* with their interesting and ludicrous cere- 
mony still progressing. — C.O. T. 
Summer Bds,Mt. Mansfield, Vt. 
14. * Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. Common. 
by Arthur H. Howeii. Auk, XVIII, Oct., 1901, p, 3 J //. 
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