FLICKER, OR GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER. 



{Picus auratus, L. Wilson, i. p. 45. pi. 3. fig. 1. [male]. Audubon, 

 pi. 37. Orn. Biog. i. p. 191. Phil. Museum, No. ) 



Sp. Charact. — Umber-brown, barred with black ; beneath yellow- 

 ish-white, spotted with black: a black crescent on the breast} 

 a crimson red crescent on the hind head ; wings and tail beneath, 

 and shafts of all the larger feathers, golden-yellow. — The male 

 alone with black mustachios. — Young, dull grey, without either 

 the red or black crescent. 



This beatiful and well known bird breeds and inhab- 

 its throughout North America, from Labrador to Florida, 

 being partially migratory only from Canada and the 

 Northern States, proceeding to the south in October, and 

 returning north in April. It has also been observed on 



