116 PICFD/E. 



and Wales, becoming scarcer towards the north o£ England. 

 In Scotland about ten examples hiive been recorded from 

 as far north as the Orkney Islands. To Ireland it is a very 

 rare visitor, about three specimens having been noted, none 

 of which liave been preserved. 



General Distribution.- The Green "Woodpecker inhabits 

 the greater part of Europe, ranging up to about G3° N. 

 latitude in Norway, and in Hus-^ia from St. Petersburg 

 eastwards to the Urals, Caucasus, Asia Minor, and north 

 Persia ; southwards it is found in the French Pyrenees, 

 Italy, and the Balkan Peninsula. Several races have been 

 recognised, founded on very slight differences. A paler race 

 occurs in south-west Persia, and in Spain and Portugal 

 the more distinct form P. v. sharpii is met with. 



Genus lYNX Linnmts, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 112. 



Type : /. torquilla Linn. 



Iynx=:'ivyK, the Wryneck, in classical Greek, from its cry sounding like the 

 exclamation iil, whence /i'Ja)=I shout. 



lynx torquilla. Wryneck. 



Jynx torquilla Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 112: 



Sweden. 



lynx torquilla Linn.; B. O. TT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 80; 

 Sargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 560; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p, 271. 



Torquilla— ilae hied that twists its head round ; from torqueo—1 twist. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A regular Summer 

 Visitor from the middle of March or April until the end of 

 September. It is chiefly met with in the south-eastern 

 counties, becoming scarcer in the south-west and rare in 

 Wales, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, while in Lancashire, Cum- 

 berland, and Northumberland it is accidental and no longer 

 breeds in the two first-named counties. In Scotland it is 

 a scarce passage-migrant on the east coast, especially in 



