80 PICID^. ^ALCEDINIDjE. 



One is said to have been shot at Amesbury, Wiltshire, in 

 the autumn of 1836 (Zool. 1859, p. 6327). It inhabits 

 Eastern North America.] 



Subfamily IynginjE. 

 Genus lYNX, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 173 (1766). 



li/nx = 'ivyi, the Wryneolr, in classical Greek, from its cry sounding like the 

 exclamation !v, whence li^w = I shout. Cf. H. T. Wharton, ' Ibis,' 1879, p. 453. 



lynx torquilla. Wryneck. 



Yunx Torquilla, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 172 (1766). 

 Yunx torquilla, Naum. v. p. 356 ; Mace/, iii. p. 100 ; Hewit- 



son, p. 242 ; Gray, p. 116 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 158 ; id. 



ed. 3, ii. p. 163; Gould, iii. pi. 76. 

 Jynx torquilla. Hurting, p. 33 ; Dresser, v. p. 103. 

 lynx torquilla, Newton, ii. p. 487. 

 Wryneck, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 151. 



Torquilla = the bird that twists its head round ; from torqueo = I twist, 

 wind. 



Generally distributed during the summer season in 

 England; rare in Scotland, where, however, it has been 

 observed as far north as Sutherland shire ; has once occurred 

 in Ireland. Throughout the whole of the Palsearctic Region 

 it is a summer migrant, and is found in winter in North 

 Africa, India, and China. 



Suborder ANISOBACTTLM 



Family ALCEDINID^. 



Genus ALCEDO, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 178 (1766). 



Alcedo := a Kingfisher, in classical Latin ; the Greek a\Kvii)v 



Alcedo ispida. Kingfishee. 



Alcedo Ispida, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 179 (1766). 

 Alcedo ispida, Naum. v. p. 480; Macg, iii. p. 671; Hewitson, 



