nd blue-black.
Noisy as he is conspicuous, he beats his log-drum, rolls a tree
toad-like _krrring_, or, with tireless persistency utters a whistled
croak. In the northeastern states Red-heads are distributed irregularly.
They are rarely common in the summer, but in the fall they sometimes
appear in numbers. Whenever they come we are soon aware of their
presence.

The nest is generally in a dead tree; the 4-6 white eggs are laid in
May.

RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER

_Centurus carolinus. Case 3, Fig. 23_

Back and wings evenly barred with black and white,
hence the name 'Zebra'; the female and young have
the front part of the crown gray. L. 9-1/2.

_Range._ Eastern United States, north to southern
Pennsylvania, western New York and southern
Minnesota; casually further.

Washington, locally common P.R. Cambridge, A.V.,
one record. N. Ohio, tolerably common P.R. SE.
Minn., uncommon P.R.

A common, hoarse-voiced resident of orange groves and gardens who with a
_chuh-chuh_, jerkily hitches himself upward in the routine of the daily
grub hunt. It is rare at the northern part of its range, but resident
wherever found. The nest is in dead or living trees; the 4-6 white eggs
are laid in late April or early May.

NORTHERN FLICKER

_Colaptes auratus luteus. Case 2, Figs. 21, 22; Case 3, Fig. 20_

The white rump and yellow wing-linings, displayed
in flight; black breast-crescent, spotted
underparts and fairly large size, readily
distinguish this beautiful bird. The female very
properly lacks the male's 'moustache.' L. 12.

_Range._ Eastern North America, from North
Carolina and southern Illinois to Canada and
Alaska. The Southern Flicker (_C. a. auratus_) a
smaller, darker race, inhabits the South Atlantic
and Gulf States.

Washington, common S.R., rare W.V. Ossining,
common S.R., Mch. 25-Oct. 30; a few winter.
Cambridge, very common S.R., common W.V. N. Ohio,
common S.R., Mch. 10-Nov. 15 a few winter. Glen
Ellyn, common S.R., Mch. 7-Dec. 24; a few winter.
SE. Minn., common S.R., Mch. 21-Oct. 16.

Thirty years ago the Flicker, High-hole or Yellow-hammer, was prey of
any boy with a gun and was correspondingly wild and little known; now,
thanks to the Audubon Society, h