THE WBTNECK 



lijit illicit have been thrown upon some of the vexed questions to 

 which we have already alluded. 



That this bird makes a delightful pet is not surprising, but one is 

 a little startled to find that in the south of Europe it is esteemed a 

 table delicacy, at any rate in tin- autumn, when tin- body has accumu- 

 lated a store of fat to serve as a food reserve on migration : one would 

 have imagined that the diet of ants, which form the stock dish of the 

 wryneck, would have made its flesh undatable. 



