312 



WRYNECK. 



Class II. 



GENUS VIII. WRYNECK. 



Bill weak, slightly incurvated. 



Nostrils bare, sunk. 



Tongue long, slender, armed at the point. 



Tail of ten flexible feathers. 



Feet climbing. 



1. Wry- 

 neck. 



Yunx Torquilla. Y. grisea fus- 

 co nigricanteque varia, abdo- 

 mine rufescente — albo ma- 

 culis nigricantibus, rectrici- 

 bus maculis striis fasciisque 

 nigris undulatis. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 223. id. Syn. ii. 548. 

 t. 24. id. Sup. i. 103. 



Le Tercou, Torcou, ou Tur- 

 cot. Beton av. 306. 



Jynx. Gesner av. 573. 



Aldr. av. i. 421. 



The Wryneck. Wil. orn. 138. 



Raii Syn. av. 44. 



Le Torcol, Torquilla. Brisson 

 av. iv. 4. Tah. i. Jig. 1. 



Hist, d'ois. vii. 84. f. 3. PL 

 Enl. 6g8. 



Collotorto, Verlicella. Zi- 

 nan. 72. 



The Emmet Hunter. Charl- 

 ton ex. 03. 



Jynx Torquilla. Gm. Lin. 423. 



Gjoktyta. Faun. Suec. sp. 97. 



Bende-Hals. Br. 37- 



Natterwindl, Wendhalss. 



Kram. 336. 



Dreh-Hals. Frisch, i. 38. 



Ishudesch. Scopoli, No. 50. 



Br. Zool. 80. plate F. Jrcf. 

 Zool. i. 313. 



Descrip- i>l ATURE, by the elegance of its penciling 

 the colors of this bird, hath made ample amends 

 for their want of splendor. Its plumage is mark- 

 ed with the plainest kinds. A list of black and 

 ferruginous strokes divides the top of the head 



