History of 
Flicker* e 
0 6 fit 
Four of the young ha'd left the neat when I next 
visited It at 11 A, H. July 10th. The fifth bird was still 
in the est at 5 P. ?JU of the 10th but he had left It at 
3 P. n . nett day (11th) and was sitting on o e of the upper 
bra ichee of the tree, calling pe- nk. -This cry was regularly 
answered from.the orchard behind and from at least two 
places across the river. Evidently the young ones had 
already scattered somewhat. Their cries were feebler than 
those of an old bird but otherwise similar. 
The nest on:? left in a terribly foul state, the 
bottom being » disgusting mass of muddy excrement alive 
with wriggling -orms. 1 do not 'think that; the Flicker ever 
removes the excrement of it ■ young. These young, however, 
managed to keep very clean and oil, so far as I could dis¬ 
cover, were perfectly free from vermin* 
\ The following are my condensed notes on the visits 
of the old bird to the youngs . 
July. 6. 
aes and feeds young. He tips 
1 all. I cannot nee young. 
3.13 
P, 
• 
bale parent < 
down 5 tines 
3.32. 
n 
a 
■bale arrives 
of these con- 
3.55 
h 
a 
Sale arrives 
still hidden 
4.20 
n 
« 
bale arrives 
4.40 
it 
tt 
w returns 
5,04 
« 
b 
« h 
5.21 
h 
ti 
» « 
6.00 
n 
tt 
« « 
n 
tt 
h 
1 
tt n 
takes alarm 
and leaves. 
