. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . ^ the crop of a dove killed in a rye field at Warner,Tenn., which contained 7,500 seeds of yellow sorrel {Oxalis stricta).As a weed destroyer, the dove much more than compensates for thegrain which it occasionally consumes, and the value of its services iscertainly greater than the few cents which its body brings in c/iM Fig, 2.—Flicker (Colaptesauratus). FLICKERS. Of the woodpeckers, the flickers or pigeon woodpeckers (fig. 2),represented in the East by the 3Tellow-shafted flicker (Oolaptes aitratus)and the northern fl
. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . ^ the crop of a dove killed in a rye field at Warner,Tenn., which contained 7,500 seeds of yellow sorrel {Oxalis stricta).As a weed destroyer, the dove much more than compensates for thegrain which it occasionally consumes, and the value of its services iscertainly greater than the few cents which its body brings in c/iM Fig, 2.—Flicker (Colaptesauratus). FLICKERS. Of the woodpeckers, the flickers or pigeon woodpeckers (fig. 2),represented in the East by the 3Tellow-shafted flicker (Oolaptes aitratus)and the northern flicker (Oolaptes auratus luteus)j and in the West b}^the red-shafted flicker (O. cafer), are the only ones which are killed toany extent for Like other woodpeckers, flickers are mainly a The New Jersey game law of 1901 provides an open season for nickers in section4, but protects woodpeckers in general in section 5; and the board of fish and gamecommissioners holds that the killing of flickers at any time is prohibited by the laterand more sweeping provision. (See p. 103.) In some parts of the South the pileatedwoodpecker (Ceophlceus pileatus) is sold as game, and occasionally a few specimenscan be found in the markets of Washington, I). C. SPECIES SOMETIMES CONSIDERED GAME BIRDS. 25 insectivorous. An examination of 230 stomachs of the yellow-shaftednicker showed the presen
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