WRYNECK. 



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The whole length of the bird seven inches. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing, three inches and one 

 quarter : the first and third quill-feathers nearly equal in 

 lenirth, lonfyer than the fourth, but a little shorter than the 

 second, which is the longest in the wing. 



The female is ratlier larger than the male, and "the colours 

 of her plumage are less pure and bright. M. Temminck says 

 the dark band on the neck and back is shorter. 



The vignette here inserted represents the foot and the 

 head of the Wryneck, both of the natural size ; the foot, as 

 referred to in the generic characters, the head as described at 

 page 153. Of the two small thread-like muscles seen at the 

 throat on the side of the windpipe, — one, with its fellow on 

 the other side of the neck, belongs to the trachea itself; the 

 other assists in drawing the tongue back into the mouth after 

 it has been thrust forward. 



