WRYNECK 



CUCKOO'S MATE CUCKOO'S MAID CUCKOO'S MESSENGER- 

 RINDING - BIRD SNAKE - BIRD TONGUE - BIRD LONG- 

 TONGUEEMMET-HUNTER. 



PLATE LIL FIGURE I. 

 Yunx torquilla, . . . . LINNAEUS. LATHAM. 



THE nest is placed in a hole of a tree, the mouldered 

 wood of which seems to supply its chief or only lining, 

 or rather layer. The apple tree is frequently chosen. The 

 old nest of a Woodpecker or some other bird is often used, 

 the Wryneck not excavating a hole for itself, though it 

 fashions the cavity to suit itself. The nest is at various 

 heights from the ground, and various depths from the surface 

 of the tree, often close to a road side, in view of every 

 passer-by, and at night the bird usually reposes in its nest- 

 ing-place, being rather susceptible of cold. 



The eggs, from six or seven to nine or ten in number, 

 are pure white. When the young are hatched, the female 

 bird is so much attached to them, that she may easily be 

 taken while sitting on the eggs. The same spot is resorted 

 to year after year, even after the birds have been much 

 disturbed. 



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