YUNX. 115 



Rah. — ^T^lirouglioufc tlie greater pai't of India to the foot of tlie 

 Himalayas, Cashmere, Nepaul and Ceylon. Occurs also in the Punjab, 

 N. W. Provinces, Kelat and Afghanistan. Breeds in Sind during 

 April and May. I agree with Mr. Hume, who very pi-operly points out, 

 {Str. F: vol. i. p. 171) that the Sind species^, B. d'dutus, is not speci- 

 ficaMy separable. 



Sub-Family, YUNGIN^,— Wrynecks. 



Bill short, straight and pointed ; nostrils partly hidden by membrane, 

 apei-t ; wings pointed ; 3rd quill longest ; tarsi short, scaled, and partially 

 feathered; two front toes united at base. 



Gen. Yunx. — Lmw. 



Characters, those of the Sub-Family. 



Yunx torquilla, Llnn^ P. E. 698; Nauvi. vogt. t. 138; Gould. 

 B. Eur. pi. 233 ; Malh. inc. t. 121-2 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 303, No. 188; 

 Hume, Str. F. i. 173; Blyth, Oat. 311; Murray, Ildblc, Zool.y Sfc, 

 Sind, p. 131. —The Common Weyneck. 



Top of the head greyish brown, finely barred with dark brown 

 and white; neck, back, rump and upper tail-coverts grey, speckled 

 with brown; from the hind head (occiput) down the middle of the 

 back of the neck, back, and between the scapulars, is a streak of dark 

 brown mixed with black; the wings brown, speckled with light 

 yellow brown and a few fulvous spots ;. the primaries barred with pale 

 yellow and deep brown ; the tertials with mesial dark streaks and 

 fulvous bannngs; rump and tail speckled grey, the former with dark 

 longitudinal streaks, and the latter with four irregular transverse bars 

 of black ; chin, throat, ear-coverts and neck in front, pale yellow- 

 brown with narrow transverse black lines ; breast, belly, flanks and 

 under tail-coverts dull white, or fulvous white, barred with black ; 

 under surface of tail feathers pale greyish brown, mottled and barred 

 with dark brown;, bill horny brown; irides crimson; legs greenish, 

 horny. 



Length. — 7 to 7*5 inches, wing 3"5, tail 2"5, bill at front 0*5, 



Hah. — Throughout India. Occurs also in Europe and Greece; found 

 in Beloochistan, S. Persia and S. Afghanistan, as well as in Sind, the 

 Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Bengal, Central and. Southern India, and 

 in the Western Presidency. It is recorded from tlie Concan, Deccan, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar and Jodhpore. Jerdon states he has never heard of 

 its occurrence on the Malabar Coast, and records it from the sub- 

 Himalayan region and Assam. In Sind it is a winter visitant. 



Family, MEGALAIMID^,— Barbets. 



Bill stout, inflated at the sides, wide at the base, rather compressed 

 towards the tip ; base of upper mandible with stifll' bristles ; toes two 

 in front and two behind. 



