But the bird has gone!" The Flicker Length twelve inches.
Upper parts brown barred with black; the rump snow-white; the head gray with a scarlet band on the back of it.
Under parts crowded with round black spots; a large black patch on the breast; throat lilac; the male with a pair of black moustaches, which, of course, the female does not have.
Under side of wings and tail almost all golden-yellow, even the shafts of the feathers being of this rich color.
A Citizen of eastern North America, west sometimes to the Pacific Ocean.
Spends the winter in the southern half of his range.
This Woodpecker is not only a beautiful, but a useful, Citizen, doing almost as much work in the guild of Ground Gleaners as the Meadowlark, besides being a Tree Trapper and Seed Sower..