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PICIDjE. 



is rather less pure and bright. The young are more regu- 

 larly barred beneath, and have the irides darker. 



The vignette represents the head of the Wryneck. Of 

 the two small thread-like muscles seen at the throat on the 

 side of the windpipe, one, with its fellow on the other side 

 of the neck, belongs to the trachea itself; the other assists 

 in drawing the tongue back after it has been thrust forward. 



[/ am not responsible for anything that may folloiv ly 

 another Editor. 



ALFRED NEWTON.] 



25 May, 1882. 



END OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 



