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winter's sleep, and move nearer to the surface 

 These now constitute the principal food of the 

 wryneck, who immediately on his arrival sets 

 seriously to work, and with his long elastic 

 tongue extracts them rapidly from the crevices. 

 His monotonous, hawk-like cry, is anxiously ex- 

 pected by the woodman at this season. 



Family CerthIxVd.e. 



Common Creeper, Certhia familiaris. Gene- 

 rally distributed. 



Wren, Troglodytps Ewropcvus. Abundant. 



Hoopoe, Upiq^ct epops. Has been killed in 

 different parts of Sussex, generally near the 

 coast. The Duke of Richmond informs me that 

 he shot a hoopoe some years ago on Selhurst 

 Park down, about two miles and a half from 

 Goodwood race-coarse and nine from the sea, as 

 the crow flies. Two instances are on record of 

 these birds having built their nest and reared 

 their young in the county. One of these is men- 

 tioned by Mr. Yarrell, and the fact is still remem- 

 bered in the neighbourhood of Chichester. The 

 other occurred a few years ago at Southwick, 

 near Shoreham, where a pair of hoopoes and their 

 young ones were discovered in an old hollov/ tree. 

 The latter lived for some time in the possession 



