The smallest of our woodpeckers is the Downy Woodpecker, who is not much bigger than an English sparrow. The picture shows two of these birds. In "The First Book of Birds" there is a picture of a flicker at his nest-hole.
FOOTNOTE:
[23] See [Appendix, 22].
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THE KINGFISHER FAMILY
(Alcedinidæ)[24]
Most of the Kingfisher family belong to the tropics, but we have one who is found all over the United States. This is the Belted Kingfisher.