THE FIJCKKR. 9 



O - zaw - wan - clay Paw - Paw - say, ( Yellow or Golden - colored 

 Woodpecker). — Simon, Chief of Pokagons. 



Peckwood, Peckerwood. Florida. Georgia, Michigan. 

 Transposition of Woodpeck and Woodpecker. 



Peerit, Pee-ut. New England. Pe-up. Massachusetts. 

 From its shrill call notes. 



Pie-bis» Pie-bris. Louisiana. French. Brown Pie or Mag- 

 pie. A Misnomer. 



Pigeon Woodpecker. New England; New York; Minne- 

 sota. ' ' Arising from the peculiar pigeon-like attitude when 

 perched across the branch instead of lengthwise along it as do 

 other more genuine woodpeckers." — Ernest Ingersoll. 



Pink-throat. Mackinac Island, Michigan. In certain lights 

 the pinkish-cinnemon of the neck appears to advantage. 



Picque-bois-jaune. Louisiana. French. Yellow Wood- 

 pecker. 



Piut, Pi-ute. New England. vSame as Pccrit. 



Sapsuck, Sapsucker. Southern States. From the belief 

 that it extracts sap from the trees in which it bores. Mis- 

 nomer. 



Shad-spirit. New England Coast. "A half superstitious 

 idea of the fi.shermen of former days — and it may be yet — that 

 this bird came up from the .south and a.scended the rivers just 

 ahead of vernal migration of shad, in order to inform them of 

 the approach of the fish ; in other words, a noting of a coinci- 

 dence." — Ernest Ingensoll. Its spring cry is heard at about 

 the time the first shad are caught in the Merrimac river. — 

 Walter Hoxie. A parallel case in the Old World is that of 

 Macke7-el-bird, on Guernsey Island, for the Wrj^-neck, refer- 

 ring to its appearance coincident to that of the Mackerel. 



Sharp-billed Flicker. Eastern Pennsylvania. 



Silver Dollar Bird. Pennsylvania. " From its white rump 

 mark which it shows .so conspicuously when rising from the 

 ground." — W. W. Colburn. According to Gould "Hand- 

 book of the Birds of Australia," the Australian name for 

 Eicrystormis pacifiais is Dollar Bird, from the silver}' - white 

 spot in the middle of the wing, which is di.stinctly .shown when 

 in flight. 



Spotted Woodpecker. Name given by Maynard to the 

 whole genus. 



