Rural School Leaflet 



1113 



* Wake once more the liquid strain 

 That you poured, like music-rain, 

 When, last night, in the sweet weather, 

 You and I were out together. 



" Unto whom two notes are given, 

 One of earth, and one of Heaven, 

 Were it not a shameful tale 

 That the earth-note should prevail? " 



Flicker, "Golden- 

 winged woodpecker," 

 "High-hole." — Size: 

 A little larger than a 

 robin. 



General color: Dark 

 brown above; light 

 brown below, marked 

 with a black crescent 

 and round black dots. 

 Quill feathers of tail 

 and wings black above, 

 golden yellow below. 



Distinctive features: 

 A scarlet crescent 

 across nape' of neck; 

 white spot to be seen 

 on the rump when fly- 

 ing; the flicker is our 

 only brown wood- 

 pecker. 



Remarks: How many 

 kinds of woodpeckers 

 are there in New York 

 State? How many do 

 the boys and girls 

 know when they see 

 them? Why is the 

 downy woodpecker of 

 value to farmers 5 How 



Flicker, or golden-winged woodpecker 

 many woodpeckers are of value? Which one is not valuable? Why? 



" Ah! 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 



