. La vie des oiseaux de la Nouvelle-Angleterre ; être un manuel d'ornithologie de la Nouvelle-Angleterre : rev.et ed. de l'autographe de Winfrid A. Stearns . Les oiseaux. C. AURATUS : PIC À AILES. 83 que d'avoir reçu une demi-douzaine de noms populaires en plus de ceux par lesquels elle est habituellement désigné, comme ci-dessus. Il est un résident, mais moins fréquente en hiver qu'à d'autres moments, comme la pénurie de nourriture ou d'autres causes envoie la plupart des individus vers le sud au cours du plus mauvais de l'année. C'est un oiseau de la terre à bois, et les nids à la manière d'autres personnes de sa famille, en abattant un trou dans les arbres : mais c'est loin d'être con- Amende

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. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: rev.and ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. C. AURATUS : GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER. 83 as to have received half a dozen popular names besides those by which it is usually designated, as above. It is a resident, but less common in winter than at other times, as scarcity of food or other causes sends most individuals southward during the most inclement part of the year. It is a bird of wood-land, and nests after the manner of others of its family by excavating a hole in trees: but it is far from being con- fined to the depths of the forests, displaying its gilded plumes and emi- nent musical inability in parks, orchards, and even in fields, and by the way- side remote from forests. Its slightly curved bill is less sharp and chisel-like than most woodpeckers', and its boring for insects in wood is less habitual. Much of its food consists of fruits, and it is partic- ularly fond of ants. To procure these insects it F, g. , 3.-Flicker. visits their hills, and finds no difficulty in capturing them by means of its very extensible, lumbriciform tongue, cov- ered with tenacious saliva, and capable of being thrust out several inches beyond the point of the beak. Its body sometimes acquires a smell of formic acid from such diet. This is one reason why the Flicker is so often seen away from trees, and foraging on the ground. Even when in the woods, it is often observed perched upon a bough in the fashion of ordinary birds, rather than. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham

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