132 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
black; under parts dull greenish, greyish on throat; bill 
bluish-grey, yellowish at base beneath ; irides usually pale red. 
Length 11 inches; culmen mf; wing 58 ; tail 4°45; tarsus 
0°85. 
Adult Female: Crown slate-grey streaked with blackish, 
showing no red. 
Young Male: Above greyer than in adult ; tail paler and 
tinged with brown; red on the head less brilliant; entire 
under parts grey tinged with buff, and washed on flanks with 
green. 
Distribution: Found in most countries of Europe, espe- 
cially to the east, andn Northern Asia. Does not occur in 
Great Britain. 
Habitat : Deciduous woods. 
Subfamily IYNGINA. 
Genus LYNX. 
WRYNECK. VY 
Iynx torquilla Lenn. 
Adult: <Adove browntsh-grey, beautifully pencilled and 
vermiculated with blackish-brown ; centre of nape and back 
boldly striped with black and rufous ; primaries brown, spot- 
ted at regular intervals on outer webs with pale reddish-brown ; 
scapulars banded with black and spotted with buff; Zaz? ashy- 
brown, wavely darred and vermiculated wth black ; chin and 
throat rich buff, regularly barred transversely with black, rest 
of under parts whitish, shaded with yellow on flanks and all 
the feathers marked with black at their tips; bill, legs and 
feet brown; irides pale brown. Length 6°5 to 7 inches ; cul- 
men 0°43; wing 33 ; tail (of ten feathers) 2°5 ; tarsus 0°75. 
Young: Above duller and beneath more conspicuously 
marked with black. 
Distribution: Summer visitant to Europe, wintering in 
Northern Africa, India, &c. 
Habitat: Wooded Iccalities. 
