BABBETS 53 



The tail of this bird does not resemble those of the Wood- 

 peckers, but is soft and pliable like those of the Passerine 

 birds. Length, 7 inches. 



Fig. 24. — South African Wryneck. 

 The Wryneck nests in holes in trees, laying elongated 

 white eggs. 



BARBETS 



The members of the family Capitonidce have stout and 

 strong bills, thereby differing from the Woodpeckers, which 

 have a longer, thinner type of beak. 



They hew holes in trees and lay white eggs like the Wood- 

 peckers, but have not stiff and spiny-like tail-feathers. 



The Black-collared Barbet {LyUus torquatus) is perhaps 

 the largest member of the famUy. It is brown above with 

 fine yellow speckles ; head and throat scarlet ; back of head, 

 a collar round the neck, and upper breast black. Below, 

 yellow marked with greyish-black blotches and streaks. 

 Length, 7| inches. 



