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Flicker or Golden-Winged Woodpecker 



Size. — A little larger than a robin. 



General color. — Dark brown above; light brown below, marked with 

 round black dots. Quill feathers of tail and wings black above; golden- 

 yellow below. 



Fig. 10. — Flicker or Golden-Winged Woodpecker 



Distinctive features. — A scarlet crescent across nape of neck; white 

 spot to be seen on the rump when flying; the flicker is our only brown 

 woodpecker. 



"Ah I golden shaft, 'twas he that laughed 

 And lifted up his bill; 

 'Wick, wick; wick, wick.' 'Wake up, be quick;' 

 The ant is on her hill." — John Burroughs 



