. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ca. luteus,2. Back of neck without red band. Arizona and southward. chrysoides, 220. 222. 412a. Colaptes auratus luteus San^s. Northern male. — Up])er parts brown, barred with black, except for red nuchal band,, white rump, and blacktail; wings and tail with shafts andunder side of feathers bright yellow ;throat and sides of head pinkishbrown, with black malar stripe or mustache and black crescent onchest; rest of under parts brownishwhit
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ca. luteus,2. Back of neck without red band. Arizona and southward. chrysoides, 220. 222. 412a. Colaptes auratus luteus San^s. Northern male. — Up])er parts brown, barred with black, except for red nuchal band,, white rump, and blacktail; wings and tail with shafts andunder side of feathers bright yellow ;throat and sides of head pinkishbrown, with black malar stripe or mustache and black crescent onchest; rest of under parts brownishwhite, washed with yellow and spottedwith black. Adult female : similar,but without black mustache, thoughsometimes with faint indications ofone. Young male: similar to adultmale, but crown marked with dullred, nuchal band dull scarlet. Youngfemale : with dark mustache. Male :wing , tail , exposed Female: wing , tail 4, ex-posed culmen — Eastern and northern North America, south to North Carolina and west to the Rocky Mountains; occasional on the Pacific slope from California From Biolo^eal Survey, U. S. Dept. ofAgriculture. Fig. 287. WOODPECKERS 221 Nest. — Usually 10 to 20 feet from the ground in stubs or trees. Eggs:usually 5 to 9, white. Food. — Largely ants; also beetles, bugs, grasshoppers, crickets, andcaterpillars, weed seeds and berries. The flickers of whatever local name or race are striking, forcefulbirds. Their clear ringing clape and piute command attention, whiletheir rapidly uttered if-if-if-if-if-if-if is no less stirring. As they flyin undulating line over a field there is a splendid flash of red orgolden from under their wings. At work or play they show thesame vigor and whole-souled absorption, and their courtship isaccordingly both ardent and amusing. As a genus the flickers are the least woodpecker-like of the fam-ily. Instead of getting their food from the tree trunks or in the air,they live large
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