Evening journal., 1892-08-30
NAMes oF rHE woopPEoKeR.
The Herald OF Spring Is Known d
Many and Varied Cognomena.


The Herald OF Spring Is Known b
Many and Varied Cognomens.
The migrant woodpecker whose cheer
cackle assures us OF the certainty OF sprh
Is rich in names that we'll befit him. II 70
Jake 10 high sounding titles for your hun
Die friends, you will accept Colapt,
luratus as he flies above you. borrowir
more gold OF the sunbeams that shin
through his yellow pinions, or will be COZ
,ent to call him simply golden winged.
When he flashes his wings IN straigh
way flight before you, or sounds h
sharp, single note OF alarm, or peers dow
" you from the door Of his lofty tower,
lings TO its wooden wall, or clinging 20
ence stake displays his notified back, 20
ecognize the fitness OF each name u
ountry folk have given him--nicker, We
ow hammer, yarrup, and what Thorei
ften termed him, partridge woodpockei
Il is a wonder that the joyous cackl
yherewith he announces his return frof
iis winter sojourn In the south has n,
aimed him another, and that love note, D.
ike the slow whetting OF a knife upon
teel, still another Perhaps Il is becaui
hey are especially sounds OF spring an
eldom II ever heard after the season G.
oyful arrival and lovemaking.
During the same season you frequent
lear him nttuning his harsh, sharp voic
o its softcst note of endearment, Ion
lrawn and modulated variation OF hi
aclSle.
When household cares begin, the lor
md lady Of the wooden tower like e
many greater and wiser two legged fol-
1--WE over singing ard soft words a
iome and abroad their department Is sob
md businesslike, and except for an occ,
ional alarm cry they are mostly silent.
As you wander through the orchard
IA early midsummer day and pause bessie
m old apple tree TO listen to the cuckoo
lutte or admire the airy fabric of IL
wood pewee's nest. larger scale OF liche
N the lichened boughs, you hear n smotl
red vibrant murmur close beside you, a
the heart OF the old tree was pulsatin
With audible life.
IL is startlingly suggestive Of disturbt
elbow jackets; but when you move aroui
he trunk In cautious reconnaissance 20
iscover the round portal OF flicker
ZONE and the sound resolves itself int
armlessness. IL Is only the callow youn
lamoring forfood or complaining Of the
AANNtHrcAlhtu luhItcfas
Not many days hence they will be out
he wide world OF air and sunshine, 4,
which they now know as little as wht
hey Clipped the shell. Lusty fellow
hey will be then, withmuch OF their pa
nts' beauty already displayed IN the
right new plumage and capable Of %
utcry that will hold bird eating cat .
ay.
A little later they win be as the
arents are, helpful allies against q
orers, the insidious enemies OF our app
rees. IL Is warfare which the groun.
ug habits Of the golden wings make th
nore ready to engage in than any other
| he woodpecker clans.
In sultry August weather, when Il
| brill cry Of the cicada pierces the hot "a
Ike hotter needle Of sound. aud the Oh
uslgy beat OF his WINS emphasizes q
pparent fact Of drought as you walk on q
esiccated slippery heritage Of meade
nd pasture, the golden wings with q
heir grown up family hy up before y,
rom their feast on the ant hills and
lashing and pickering away like rookie
hot aslant, into the green tent Of the wi
berry trees to their dessert OF juicy bla,
ruit
Early In the dreariness Of Novemb
hey have vanished with all the horde
ummer residents who have made 81
on Of leaf, flower and fruit the bright
y their presence.
The desolate, leahess months go by, {
Il last comes the promise Of spring, ni
on are aware Of half unconscious liste
ng for the golden wings.
Presently the loud, long, joyous iteratll
reaks upon your ear and you hail the n
llment Of the promiseand che bithe ne'
omer, golden link in the longthenil
hahn that is encircllng the earth.-Fort
nd Stream.