. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 17 fHE BIRD BOOK. •ilO. GOLDEN^FRONTED aurifrons. Range.—Mexico and southern Texas, resident. Tliis is also one of the zebra or ladder-l)ael?ed Woodpeckers, having the baclt andwings closely barred with black and white, thesame as the preceding; the forehead, nasaltufts and nape are gol-den yellow, and the ,^———^male has a patch of redon the crown. This isa very common residentspecies in the IjowerRio Grande Valley in Texas
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 17 fHE BIRD BOOK. •ilO. GOLDEN^FRONTED aurifrons. Range.—Mexico and southern Texas, resident. Tliis is also one of the zebra or ladder-l)ael?ed Woodpeckers, having the baclt andwings closely barred with black and white, thesame as the preceding; the forehead, nasaltufts and nape are gol-den yellow, and the ,^———^male has a patch of redon the crown. This isa very common residentspecies in the IjowerRio Grande Valley in Texas, where it nests in - ^ trees or telegraph poles, —^—.- sometimes so numer- White ously in the latter situations as to become anuisance. Their nesting habits are not in anymanner peculiar, and the eggs cannot be dis-tinguished from those of the preceding. X .75. Laid during April and May. ill. Cii/,.\ Woodpecker. CIlitIIrus uropi/gialis. Range.—Mexican border of the United States,in southern Arizona and New Mexico. Like the preceding but without any yellowon the head, the male having a red patch inthe center of the crown. They are locally
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