(Colaptes auratus luteus. 412a.)
Brown, barred with black; head grayish; back of neck marked with bright red; black crescent on cinnamon-brown spotted breast; in flight shows white rump and yellow lining of wings and tail; feeds much on ground, unlike other woodpeckers; call-note, “flee´-ker.” [Meadowlark.]
19. BROWN CREEPER. 5-1/2 in.
(Certhia familiaris americana. 726.)
Brown finely streaked with white; silky white below; long curved bill; flies to the base of tree-trunks and works up in spirals bracing with its long pointed tail-feathers; calls softly, “screep, screep.” [Nuthatches.]
20. CHICKADEE. 5-1/4 in.
(Parus atricapillus. 735.)
Ashy-gray; black throat and cap; white cheeks; frowsy; lively; often swings head downward from the tips of twigs; song, “chick-a-dee-dee”; call-note musical, “pewee,” sometimes confused with note of [Phoebe].
21. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 5-3/4 in.
(Sitta carolinensis. 727.)