. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ;\\is wooDPixKriK. I lU lia\e, nil bird>, nmre, fewer insects, and enough west of the Cascades is 444 111 I. :\vis \\( H >i)ii-:ci4£K. subject to iilili-uiulcrstuipd tliKtuatiins. Oik- \car the birds will alKHindin a certain section, while the year following none are seen. Whetherthis is because the IcKal food sup])!)- has become exhausted with a seasonsforaging, or whether the birds are simply whimsical in choice, we ilo not. Tak*H IN Whalcom County. Fholo fr>
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ;\\is wooDPixKriK. I lU lia\e, nil bird>, nmre, fewer insects, and enough west of the Cascades is 444 111 I. :\vis \\( H >i)ii-:ci4£K. subject to iilili-uiulcrstuipd tliKtuatiins. Oik- \car the birds will alKHindin a certain section, while the year following none are seen. Whetherthis is because the IcKal food sup])!)- has become exhausted with a seasonsforaging, or whether the birds are simply whimsical in choice, we ilo not. Tak*H IN Whalcom County. Fholo fr> lh€ Aulho AX ) IlIKX SUCH AS U OOHIKCKKKS IX. know. Doubtless, in any event, the ra|)id opening up of new territory, thruthe cutting and |>artial burning of timber, has pro\ idol a tiehl of opiHir-tnnity too large for the species to fully occupy. With such wealth Ijcforcthem the earlv colonists mav naturallv have bcomie a little saucv. THE YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER. 445 No. 177. YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER. .A. O. L. No. 412 a. Colaptes auratiis liiteus Bangs. Synonyms.—Flickku. .Xuktiiern Flicker. (;i) Wood-pecker. Yi;llo\v-h.\mmer. I Description.—Adult male: Top of head and cervix ashy gray, with a vina-ceous tinge on forehead ; a hright scarlet l)and on the back of the neck ; hack, scapu-lars, and wings vinaceous gray with conspicuous black bars, lirace-shaped, cres-centic or various; primaries plain dusky on exposed webs; lining of the wing andshafts
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