BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 515 



McLeod of McLeod, and his factor, Mr. John Mac- 

 kenzie, are doing everything in their power to 

 prevent its extermination by the natives and the 

 temptation-offering collectors. 



WREN, GOLDEN-CRESTED. See GOLD-CREST. 



WREN, REED. See WARBLER, REED. 



WREN, WILLOW. See WARBLER, WILLOW. 



WREN, WOOD. See WARBLER, WOOD. 



WRYNECK. 



(lynx torquilla.) 

 Order PICARI^E ; Family PICID^E (WOODPECKERS). 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about 

 seven inches. Beak rather short, straight-pointed, 

 and brown. The whole of the upper-parts of the 

 body consist of varying shades of brown, mixed 

 with grey, pencilled, mottled, barred, and streaked 

 with buff, greyish-white, brownish-black, and black. 

 The top of the head is barred with blackish-brown, 

 the nape of the neck striped with the same, and 

 also parts of the back and wings. The wing-quills 

 are dark brown, barred and spotted with two shades 

 of buff. Tail-quills greyish-brown, marked with 

 several irregular blackish - brown bars. All the 

 under-parts are dull white, tinged with yellowish- 

 buff on the chin, throat, flanks, and under tail- 

 coverts, which are barred with dark brown. 

 The breast and belly are marked with small 



