THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY. 



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A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study of 

 Ornithology, Oology and Entomology. 



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Golden-winged Woodpecker. 



The Golden-winged Woodpecker, 

 {colaptes auratus), is a very common 

 summer resident of New England. 



It is the best known of all the 

 woodpeckers and also the most abund- 

 ant. 



It is, in the southern part of New 

 England, a resident throughout the 

 year, and in Massachusetts it is often 

 met with in mid-winter. 



The first ones begin to arrive from 

 the South about the first or second 

 week in March ; about the first of 

 May the males begin to pay court to 

 the females, and their movements are 

 very amusing. 



The note of the Flicker at this time 

 resembles a happy laugh heard at a 

 distance. The manner in which they 

 choose a mate causes a great deal of 

 merriment. Several males pursue a 

 female, overtake her, and then as if to 

 prove their love they bow their heads, 

 spread their tails, and back away, then 

 advance again ; the female then flies 

 to another tree, where the same antics 

 are repeated until the female shows a 

 preference for one of them ; the re- 

 jected suitors proceed in search of 

 another female. 



After the wood-peckers have mated 

 they immediately begin the excavation 

 of a hole large enough for themselves 

 and their young. The hole is from 

 sixteen to twenty inches in depth and 

 often more ; the female lays six pure 

 white eggs in the bottom of this hole ; 

 they are of a uniform ovidse shape. 

 The measurements of a set that was 



