The pileated woodpecker.
1853. The log-cock, with his gaudy head-dress.—S. A. Hammett (‘Philip Paxton’), ‘A Stray Yankee in Texas,’ p. 58.
1884. The log-cock, or pileated woodpecker, the largest and wildest of our Northern species, have never heard drum. His blows should wake the echoes.—J. Burroughs, ‘Winter Neighbors,’ Century Mag., xxix. p. 222/2 (Dec.). (N.E.D.)
