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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

The common name of the golden-winged woodpecker in the State of New York. Dr. DeKay thinks it "a provincial word, introduced by the early English colonists." It is elsewhere called High-hole, Yucker, Flicker, Wake-up, and Pigeon woodpecker; in Louisiana, Pique bois jaune.--Nat. Hist. of New York.

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