FLICKER, or GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER. 
( Ficus auratus , L. Wilson, i. p. 45. pi. 3. fig. 1. [male]. Audubon, 
pi. 37. Orn. Biog. i. p. 191. Phil. Museum, No. ) 
Sp. Charact. — Umber-brown, barred with black ; beneath yellow- 
ish-white, spotted with black: a black crescent on the breast ; 
a crimson red crescent on the hind head ; wings and tail beneath, 
and shafts of all the larger feathers, golden-yellow. — The male 
alone with black mustachios. — Young , dull grey, without either 
the red or black crescent. 
This beatiful and well known bird breeds and inhab- 
its throughout North America, from Labrador to Florida, 
being partially migratory only from Canada and the 
Northern States, proceeding to the south in October, and 
returning north in April. It has also been observed on 
