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swift than tlaat of the Woodpeckers. They breed in holes of 

 trees, laying several white eggs. 



Gen. YuNX, L. 

 Char. — Those of the subfamily, of which it is the only genus. 



188. Yunx torquilla, Linn^us. 



PI. Enl. 698— Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 233— Jeedon, Cat. 

 218— Bltth, Cat. 311 — Horsf., Cat. 996 — Gardan eyengtha, H. — 

 Meda nulingadu, Tel. — (both names having reference to its twirl- 

 ing the neck). 



The Common Wryneck. 



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Descr. — Above, a beautiful speckled grey, with a broad irregu- 

 lar line from the crown to the middle of the back, dark brown, 

 with black stripes ; lores wdiitish, and sometimes the chin ; 

 sides of the throat, cheeks, throat, and breast, pale bufF-yellow, 

 with narrow transverse bars ; a brown stripe runs from each eye 

 through the ear-coverts, extending along the side of the neck ; and 

 another, darker and narrower, from the base of the lower mandi- 

 ble down the sides of the throat ; between these is a bufF or Isa- 

 bella band, finally becoming albescent ; breast and upper part of 

 belly, fulvous-white with narrow cross lines, pointed anteriorly, and 

 passing into small triangular black linear spots on the lower abdo- 

 men, vent, and under tail-coverts, which are wliitish ; the wings are 

 fulvous-brown, minutely speckled, and with some fulvous spots, 

 and a black longitudinal band on the scapulars ; lower part of belly 

 f ulvous-wdiite, with narrow cross-lines, pointed anteriorly, passing into 

 small triangular black linear spots ; the quills are barred with deep 

 brown and Isabella; rump and tail speckled grey, the former with 

 black longitudinal streaks ; the latter with three darker broad bands, 

 and a fourth subterminal one. 



Bill horny-brown ; irides crimson ; legs greenish-horny. Length 

 1\ inches ; wing 3-| ; tail 21 ; bill at front ^ ; tarsus f ; weight 

 l.| oz. 



The Wryneck is found throughout India, except perhaps on the 

 Malabar Coast, Avhere I never saw it, nor heard of a specimen 



