GOLDE:N^-WmGED WOODPECKER ; 

 FLICKER. 



COLAPTES ATJRATUS. 



THE loud, monotonous vocalizing of this handsome 

 bird is hardly song ; still we often hear it said, 

 "The woodwall is singing, we are going to have rain." 

 The two-toned " rain-call " is his song, if he have one. 

 The performance is long enough for a song, but rather 

 narrow. 



Cres ------ cen ---.-.- 



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Wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, 



------ do. dim .--.«- Ire 



Wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, 



«----- ere---- 'do. 



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Wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet, wet. 



If the cuckoo, whose song is so famous, can be called a 

 singer, this woodpecker is a songster; for he performs 



