Gilded Flicker
414. Colaptes chrysoides. 13 inches.
Very similar to above, with the under side of wings and tail yellow. Found only in southern California and Arizona southward.
Stephens Whip-Poor-Will — Family Caprimulgidæ
417a. Antrostomus vociferus macromystax. 10 inches.
One of the birds that are heard much more often than seen, and in their habits they are very secluded, keeping in the dark woods the greater part of the time, rarely leaving its place of concealment before dark. In pursuit of insects, they are swift and noiseless, their soft plumage giving forth no sound, as their wings cleave the air.
Nest.—Is on the ground among the leaves, usually in dense woods. Their two eggs of a grayish or creamy white are very faintly marbled or marked with pale brown and gray. These birds are only found in southern Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.