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Range (Eastern United States breeding)

Eastern United States, breeding from Florida to Maryland, and in the interior to Ontario and southern Dakota; occasionally strays to Massachusetts; winters from Virginia and southern Ohio southward. Washington, locally common P. R. Cambridge, A. V., one record. Nest, in trees, about twenty feet from the ground. Eggs, four to six, 1-05 x 75. * Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, pp. 123-128.

WOODPECKERS.

This is a common bird in our Southern States. It inhabits alike coniferous and deciduous growths, but prefers the latter. It ascends a tree in a curious, jerky fashion, accompanying each upward move by a hoarse chůh-chůh. 412. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). FLICKER; HIGH-HOLE; CLAPE; YELLOW-HAMMER; GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER. Ad. 8. -Top of the head ashy gray, a bright scarlet band across the back of the neck; back, wingcoverts, and exposed part of secondaries brownish gray, barred with black; rump white; primaries black externally, the inner surface of the wing and the shafts of the feathers yellow; upper tail-coverts barred or streaked with black and white; tail black above, yellow tipped with black below, the outer edges of the feathers slightly margined or barred with white; sides of the head, throat, and upper breast vinaceous; a broad black stripe on either side of the throat from the base of the bill, and a broad black crescent across the breast; rest of the under parts white, more or less tinged with vinaceous, and thickly spotted with black. Ad. q. - Similar, but without the black streaks on the side of the throat. L., 12.00; W., 6.00; T., 400; B., 1.40.