. Birds of Washington and vicinity, including adjacent parts of Maryland and Virginia . the ground. Red-bellied Woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus. Length 10 inches. Top of head and back of neck light scarlet; back, wingsand tail regularly barred with black and white. Under parts dull w^hite, the belly more or less tinged withred. Female with top of head ashy-gray. A rare permanent resident. The Red-bellied is a southern bird, and this isabout the northern limit of his range. Perhaps theonly place in the District where he may be looked for 126 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. with confidence is in a piec
. Birds of Washington and vicinity, including adjacent parts of Maryland and Virginia . the ground. Red-bellied Woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus. Length 10 inches. Top of head and back of neck light scarlet; back, wingsand tail regularly barred with black and white. Under parts dull w^hite, the belly more or less tinged withred. Female with top of head ashy-gray. A rare permanent resident. The Red-bellied is a southern bird, and this isabout the northern limit of his range. Perhaps theonly place in the District where he may be looked for 126 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. with confidence is in a piece of thick, wet woods wherethe Fourteenth Street road crosses Piney Branch; buthe is said to be common near Laurel, Maryland. Hecannot be mistaken for any other Woodpecker, as heis the only one we have here that is barred crosswise,evenly and distinctly. The red on the belly fromwhich he gets his name is not conspicuous. He givesa loud chuck as he lights against a tree-trunk, whichhe ascends in a characteristic jerky fashion. His holeis about twenty feet from the ground. FLICKER. 12. 7Jt1i FLICKER. Flicker; Yellowhammer: Colaptes auratus. Length 12 inches. Upper parts yellowish-brown barred with black, a scarletband across the back of the neck. Under parts brownish-white, spotted with black, a broadblack crescent across the breast. Lining of wings and tail golden yellow. Rump white,shown conspicuously in flight. A common summer and rare winter resident. The Flicker is strikingly handsome and easy toidentify. If he faces yon he will be known by theblack crescent across his spotted breast, and when he 128 KINGFISHER. flies before you the large white spot on his lower backwill name him. He is a vigorous, dashing bird, andhe and his comrades make a jolly racket in the woodswith their drumming, hammering and loud cries. Hissong, ziicka-zvicka-wicka, Audubon calls a prolonged,jovial laugh. Unlike other Woodpeckers, the Flicker spendsmuch time on the ground, where he hunts ants—hisf
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