. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. 19 the maple borer, and the pine weevil. This last-named insect in- fests particularly the buds of the topmost shoots of pine trees, thus causing the tree to constantly send out side shoots, which of course makes a crooked tree and largely destroys its value for lumber. Although about three-fourths of the food of the Downy has been shown to consist of insects, it eats in their seasons certain berries and wild fruits. It has been known to feed upon buds and petals of flowers, wild strawb
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. 19 the maple borer, and the pine weevil. This last-named insect in- fests particularly the buds of the topmost shoots of pine trees, thus causing the tree to constantly send out side shoots, which of course makes a crooked tree and largely destroys its value for lumber. Although about three-fourths of the food of the Downy has been shown to consist of insects, it eats in their seasons certain berries and wild fruits. It has been known to feed upon buds and petals of flowers, wild strawberries, pokeberries, poison ivy berries, sumac berries, and beech nuts. Flicker: "Yellow Hammer": (Colaptes auratus). Upper parts brownish gray, barred with black; rump white; top of head ashy gray, a scarlet band (in the male) across the back of head; inner sur- face of wings yellow; tail black above, yellow below, with black tip; a broad black crescent on breast; belly and sides thickly spotted with black. Length about 12 inches. Range.—North America, west to Rocky Mountains and north to Alaska. Nest.—In cavities of trees. Eggs.—Four to seven, glossy MlR Flicker. (After Beat, Farmers' Bulletin No. 54, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) No bird in America has so many local names as the Flicker. Soma of these are Higholder, Wake-up, Walk-up, Pigeon, Wood- pecker, and Yawker-bird. At Cape Hatteras it is generally called Wilchrisen. It is one of the best known of our native birds, and this. 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 North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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