WRYNECK. 



GWAS Y GOG, OP THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 



CUCKOOES MATE. CUCKOO'S MAID. CUCKOOES MESSENGER. RINDING-BIRD. 

 SNAKE-BIRD. TONGUE-BIRD. LONG-TONGUE. EMMET-HUNTER. 



PLATE LII. PIG. I. 



Yunx torquilla, LINIOIUS. 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. It is made of small roots, and the old nest 

 of a Woodpecker or some other bird would appear to be sometimes 

 adapted, and in some slight degree fashioned with its bill, to its own 

 use by the Wryneck. It domiciles 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. 



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

 white. The young are hatched in about fourteen days, and the female 

 bird is so much attached to them, that she may easily be taken, not 

 only while sitting on the eggs, but even after the young are hatched 

 and fledged. The same spot is resorted to year after year. 



