382 THE WOODPECKER. 



towards the tips, the two middle ones nearly wholly so ; bill 

 an inch and a half long, of a dusky horn color, somewhat 

 bent, ridged only on the top, tapering, but not to a point, that 

 being a little wedge-formed ; legs and feet light blue ; iris of 

 the eye hazel ; length twelve inches, extent twenty. The 

 female differs from the male chiefly in the greater obscurity 

 of the fine colors, and in wanting the black mustaches on 

 each side of the throat. This description, as well as the 

 drawing, was taken from a very beautiful and perfect speci- 

 men. 



Though this species, generally speaking, is migratory, yet 

 they often remain with us in Pennsylvania during the whole 

 winter. They also inhabit the continent of North America, 

 from Hudson's Bay to Georgia ; and have been found, by 

 voyagers, on the north west coast of America. They arrive 

 at Hudson's Bay in April, and leave it in September. Mr. 

 Hearne, however, informs us, that " the Golden-winged 

 Woodpecker is almost the only species of Woodpecker that 

 winters near Hudson's Bay." The natives there call it Ow- 

 thee-quan-nor-ow, from the golden color of the shafts and 

 lower side of the wings. It has numerous provincial appella- 

 tions in the different states of the Union, such as " High- 

 hole," from the situation of its nest, and "Hittock," "Yucker," 

 " Pint," " Flicker," by which last it is usually known in Penn- 

 sylvania. These names have probably originated from a fan- 

 cied resemblance of its notes to the sound of the words ; for 

 one of its most common cries consists of two notes or syl- 

 lables, frequently repeated, which, by the help of the hearer's 

 imagination, may easily be made to resemble any or all of 

 them. 



