. Birds of New York . s in diameter and the excavation 12 inches in depth. Theeggs, which are from 4 to 6 in number, are pure white, slightly less glossythan those of the Red-headed woodpecker, and average i inch in lengthby .75 in diameter. Colaptes auratus luteus BangsNorthern Flicker Plate 64 Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. Auk, April 1898. 15:177Picus auratus DeKay. Zool. of N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 192, fig. 33Colaptes auratus 1 u t e u s Bangs. A. 0. U. Check List. Ed 3. 1910. p. 194-No. 412a colaptes, Gr., xoXaia-qq, chisel; auratus, Lat., golden, gilded Description. Somewhat larger than the
. Birds of New York . s in diameter and the excavation 12 inches in depth. Theeggs, which are from 4 to 6 in number, are pure white, slightly less glossythan those of the Red-headed woodpecker, and average i inch in lengthby .75 in diameter. Colaptes auratus luteus BangsNorthern Flicker Plate 64 Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. Auk, April 1898. 15:177Picus auratus DeKay. Zool. of N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 192, fig. 33Colaptes auratus 1 u t e u s Bangs. A. 0. U. Check List. Ed 3. 1910. p. 194-No. 412a colaptes, Gr., xoXaia-qq, chisel; auratus, Lat., golden, gilded Description. Somewhat larger than the Robin; upper parts brown,barred with black; rump white; crown of head ashy gray: bright scarlet- BIRDS OF NEW YORK 159 crescent on the occiput; under surface of wings and shafts of the wing feathersbright yellow; under surface of tail and shafts of tail feathers yellow exceptthe tip which is black; under parts grayish white, nearly uniformly spottedwith black; throat, upper breast and sides of the head and neck Flicker at nesting hole Photo by Ralph S. Paddock vinaceous; black crescent on the breast; male with black mustachios. The-undulating flight, conspicuous white patch on the rump and the_ yellowof the wings which shows in flight are field marks which distinguish this,species at a considerable distance. l60 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Length inches; extent ; wing ; tail ;bill Distribution. The Northern flicker inhabits eastern North Americafrom the limit of trees in Alaska, Ungava and Newfoundland southwardto Texas and North Carolina. In New York it is uniformly distributedin every county of the State, being one of our dominant species. Whilenot so common as the Robin, it is one of the dozen birds well knoyn toevery country boy. It must be considered primarily a summer resident,arriving from the South between the 20th of March and the loth of Apriland gradually disappearing again between the 15th and the 30th of of earl
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