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WRYNECK. 
CUCKO00’S MATE. CUCKOO’S MAID. CUCK0O’s 
MESSENGER. RINDING-BIRD. SNAKE-BIRD. TONGUE-BIRD. 
LONG-TONGUE. EMMET-HUNTER. 
GWAS Y GOG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 
PLATE LII.—FIiG. I. 
Yunx torquilla, ; ; : Linnzvus. Latryam. 
- 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 Wood- 
pecker 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 four- 
teen 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. 
