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Distribtition. — Himalayas and 

 Mountains of South and Central 

 China. Eather an uncommon resident 

 in the Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The Piculets nest 

 in holes in trees and lay glossy, white 

 eggs, similar to those of other wood- 

 peckers. 



Notes. — Abbe David observes that it 

 prefers the bamboo groves as hunting 

 grounds and often joins other small 

 birds in swift flights through the 

 thickets and coppice in quite different 

 manner from other members of this 

 family. 



WRYNECK. 



JYNX TORQUILLA L. 

 (lynx torquilla L.) 



Description. — Length six and one 

 half inches. 



" Beak and feet olive brown. 



Upper parts reddish grey, irregularly 

 spotted and lined with brown and black; 

 a broad black and brown band from the 

 back of the head to the back ; under 

 parts dull white, tinged with buff, and 

 barred with dark brown, except on the 

 breast and belly, where the markings 

 become arrow-headed in form ; outer 

 web of the quills marked with 

 rectangular, alternate black and 

 yellowish spots : tail feathers barred 

 with black zigzag bands." 



Distribution. — This bird is found 

 throughout Europe and most of Asia, 

 but is solitary in its habits and 

 rather scai'ce. It is a migrant in the 

 Yangtse Valley, passing in April and 

 September. 



Nest and Eggs. — "At all times, except 

 during the nesting season, it is a silent 

 bird, but at that time its loud, monoto- 



