GOLD-WINGED WOODPECKER. 



it Ou-thee-qiian-nor-oiv, from the golden color of the shafts and 

 lower side of the wings. It has numerous provincial appellations 

 in the difFerent states of the Union, such as " High-hole/' from the 

 situation of its nest, and " Hittock/' "Yucker/' " Piut/' Flicker/' 

 by which last it is usually known in Pennsylvania. These names 

 have probably originated from a fancied resemblance of its notes 

 to the sound of the words; for one of its most common cries con- 

 sists of two notes or syllables, frequently repeated, which by the 

 help of the hearer's imagination may easily be made to resemble 

 any or all of them. 



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