Oafs II. WRYNECK. ;i8r; 



Genus VI. The WRYNECK. 



I. The WRYNECK. 



Le Tercou, Torcou, ou Turcot. The Emmet Hunter. Charlton 



Belona'v. 306. ex. 93. 



Jynx. Gefner av.^jy. Jynx torquilla. Lin./yji. 172. 



JIdr. av. I. 421. Gjoktyta. Faun. Suec/p. 97. 



The Wryneck. WiLorn. 138. Bende-Hals. Br. 37, 



Raiifyn. a'v. 44. Natterwindl, Wendhalfs. Kram* 

 Le Torcol, Torquilla. Brijfon 336. 



a^o. IV. 4. tab. i-Jig- !• Br.Lool. 80. plate F, 

 Collotorto, verticella. Zinan. 72. 



NATURE, by the elegance of its pencilling the 

 colors of this bird, hath made ample amends 

 for their want of fpiendor. Its plumage is marked Defc: 

 with the plained kinds. A lift of black and ferru- 

 ginous ftrokes divides the top of the head and back. 

 The fides of the head and neck are afh colored 

 beautifully traverfed with fine lines of black and red- 

 difh brown. The qui! feathers are dufky, but each 

 web is marked with ruft colored fpots. The chin and 

 breaft are of a light yellowilh brown, adorned with 

 iharp pointed bars of black. The tail confiftsf of ten 

 feathers, broad at their ends and weak ; of a pale afh 

 color, powdered with black and red, and marked 

 with four equidiftant bars of black. The tongue is 

 long and cylindric : for the fame ufe as that of the 

 woodpecker. The toes are alfo difpofed the fame 

 way. The bill is iliorr, weak and a little arcuate. 

 The irides are of a yellowifh hazel. 



The Wryneck we believe to be a bird of pafTage ; 



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