FLICKER. 
Kee-er! 
that sounds like an ungreased cart wheel, and he also 
beats a rolling tattoo like the others of his tribe. _ 
He is a bird of character otherwise he would never 
have accumulated so many labels. Mr. Chapman says that 
there are thirty-six, but a few of the most familiar ones 
will show the tendency of man to poke fun at him— 
Wake-up, Yarrup, Piut, High-hole, Woodwall, Yellow- 
hammer, Yucker, Flicker, Hittock, Clape, Harry Wicket, 
etc. He is a revelation of complex color when he is 
surprised on the ground and rises, showing his under- 
neath gold, and a joker in the fullest sense when one 
catches sight of him bowing and scraping to the other 
sex in a series of bobs up and down with tail and wings 
stiffly outspread, uttering the while a significant, you- 
see, you-see! Audubon testifies to the cheerful dispo- 
sition of the bird, especially when in captivity, as 
follows: ‘*The Golden-winged Woodpecker never suf- 
fers its naturally lively spirits to droop. It feeds well, 
and by way of amusement will continue to destroy as 
much furniture in a day as can well be mended by a 
different kind of workman in a week.” The food of this 
Woodpecker, who visits the ground much oftener than 
is the custom of his kind, is mostly grubs, ants, worms, 
bird-cherries, and the fruit of the sour gum. 
ORDER MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, 
SWIFTS, ETC. 
Family Caprimulgide. 
NIGHTHAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC. 
This is afamily of forest-inhabiting birds distinguished 
by their method of perching lengthwise on a limb or 
branch, and their habit of capturing their food while on 
the wing; the expansive mouth and the surrounding 
Jong, stiff bristles (characteristic of some species) are 
especially adapted to catch insects. Some of the specier 
possess remarkable vocal powers. 
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