80 PICID^E. - ALCEDINID.E. 



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One is said to have been shot at Amesbury, Wiltshire, in 

 the autumn of 1836 (Zool. 1859, p. 6327). It inhabits 

 Eastern North America.] 



Subfamily 

 Genus IYNX, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 172 (1766). 



lynx = IvyZ, the Wryneck, in classical Greek, from its cry sounding like the 

 exclamation lv, whence ivfr = I shout. Cf. H. T. Wharton, ' Ibis,' 1879, p. 453. 



lynx torquilla. WEYNECK. 



Yunx Torquilla, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 172 (1766). 



Yunx torquilla, Naum. v. p. 356 ; Macg. iii. p. 100 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 242; Gray, p. 116; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 158; id. 

 ed. 3, ii. p. 163; Gould, iii. pi. 76. 



Jynx torquilla, Harting, p. 33 ; Dresser, v. p. 103. 



lynx torquilla, Newton, ii. p. 487. 



Wryneck, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 151. 



Torquilla = the bird that twists its head round ; from torqueo = I twist, 

 wind. 



Generally distributed during the summer season in 

 England; rare in Scotland, where, however, it has been 

 observed as far north as Sutherland shire ; has once occurred 

 in Ireland. Throughout the whole of the Palsearctic Region 

 it is a summer migrant, and is found in winter in North 

 Africa, India, and China. 



Suborder ANISODACTTL^. 



Family ALCEDINHLE. 



Genus ALCEDO, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 178 (1766). 



Alcedo = a Kingfisher, in classical Latin ; the Greek d\Kvwv 



Alcedo ispida. KINGFISHEE. 



Alcedo Ispida, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 179 (1766). 



Alcedo ispida, Naum. v. p. 480; Macg. iii. p. 671 ; Hewitson, 



