32 DOWN NIGHTINGALE VALLEY: 
XIII: ‘ THAT PECULIAR BIRD THE WRYNECK, ALMOST 
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE BARK ON WHICH IT 
CREEPS.’ MALE (4-size). 
—the time of the singing of birds has come,’ 
then shall we hear the wryneck’s note, as he 
busily ascends a tree trunk or creeps along a 
