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sects, which have hibernated in the deepest re- 

 cesses of the bark, are roused from their winter's 

 sleep, and move nearer to the surface. These now 

 constitute the principal food of the wryneck, who 

 immediately on his arrival sets seriously to work, 

 and with his long elastic tongue extracts them ra- 

 pidly from the crevices. His monotonous, hawk- 

 like cry is anxiously expected by the woodman at 

 this season. 



Family CERTHIAD^E. 



COMMON CREEPER, Cerlhiafamiliaris. Gene- 

 rally distributed. 



WREN, Troglodytes Europe/ens. Abundant. 



HOOPOE, Upupa epops. Has been killed in 

 different parts of Sussex, generally near, or within 

 a few miles of the coast ; and two instances are 

 on record of these birds having built their nest 

 and reared their young in the county. One of 

 these is mentioned by Mr. Yarrell, and the fact is 

 still remembered in the neighbourhood of Chi- 

 chester. The other occurred a few years ago at 

 Southwick, near Shoreham, where a pair of hoo- 

 poes and their young ones were discovered in 

 an old hollow tree. The latter lived for some 

 time in the possession of Mr. Waring Kidd, of 

 Brighton. In September, 1 839, 1 shot a female of 

 this species near the beach between Pagham and 



