. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. Photo by H. K. Job Courtesy of Outin(^ Pub. Co. FEMALE FLICKER FEEDING YOUNG IN THE NEST Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In tree or stub. Eggs : 5 to 9, white. Distribution.— Eastern North America from tree limit south to the Gulf coast. Drawing by R. I. Brasher FLICKER (i nat. size) One of the most interesting of the Woodpeckers The Flicker is the most interesting bird of all the \\''oodpeckers. The fact that it has been called by so many different names besides that of Flicker shows how very different kinds of people have made very different kinds of obser
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. Photo by H. K. Job Courtesy of Outin(^ Pub. Co. FEMALE FLICKER FEEDING YOUNG IN THE NEST Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In tree or stub. Eggs : 5 to 9, white. Distribution.— Eastern North America from tree limit south to the Gulf coast. Drawing by R. I. Brasher FLICKER (i nat. size) One of the most interesting of the Woodpeckers The Flicker is the most interesting bird of all the \\''oodpeckers. The fact that it has been called by so many different names besides that of Flicker shows how very different kinds of people have made very different kinds of obser- vations of the bird. One observer has seen the bird fly into a hole it has chiseled out \vith its bill near the top of a high dead tree-sttib and he has given the bird the name of Pligh-hole or High-holder. Another person has heard the bird calling its Yarntp-yarrup while flying about from tree to fence post and to tree again in quest of food; hence the common name of Yarrup. Another person hearing the loud one-syllable call across the fields or the swamp lot has named the bird the Clape. Yet another, hearing the swish of his friendly zveechcin call as he wings along in a wavy up and down flight from ten to a hundred feet above the ground, has named the bird the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943. New York, The University Society
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