332 WRYNECK. 



GENUS XXVI— WRYNECK. 



a. HE bill in this Genus is roundish, slightly incurvated, and of 

 a weak texture. 



Nostrils bare of feathers, and somewhat concave. 



The tongue long, slender, and armed at the point. 



Ten flexible feathers in the tail. 



Feet made for climbing. Toes two before and two behind. 



This Genus consists of only a single species, and has, by most 

 authors, been held as distinct, for though it seems allied to some 

 other genera, it perfectly coincides with none. It has the tongue of 

 the Woodpecker, as well as the situation of the toes, but the weak- 

 ness of the bill, unable to bear the rude exertion of those birds, forbids 

 it to be placed among them. It seems also much allied to the Cuckow, 

 did not the length of tongue prove the contrary. As it is, however 

 a bird universally known, a further general description seems to be 

 unnecessary. 



WRYNECK— Pl lviii. 



Yunx Torquilla, Ind. Orn. i. 223. Lin. i. 172. Faun. suec. No. 97. 1. 1. f.78. Ritdb. 



Lapp. 66. t. 66. Gm. Lin. i. 42-3. Scop. i. No. 50. Gerin. t. 186. Georgi reise. 



p. 165. Borowsk. Nat. ii. 132. 1. 16. J?ai'ip.44. Will. 95. , 1. 12. Bris.vi.t.l. 



f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 43. Sepp Vog. t. p. 343. Frisch. t. 38. Kram. 336. Schtrf. eL 



t. 66. Brim. No. 37. Muller. p. 96. Faun. Arag. p. 73. Klein, p. 28. 14. Id. 



Stem. t. 4. f. 4. a. c. d. Id. Ov. p. 17. t. 4. f. 5. Gen. Zool. ix. 143. pl. 28. Tern. 



Man. 248. Id. Ed. ii. 404. 

 Avis Tuite Americana variegata, Seba. i. 175. t. 110. f. 7. 

 Der bunte Wendehals, Schmid Vog. p. 41. t. 27. 

 Le Torcol, Buf. vii. 84. pl. 3. Pl. enl. 698. Hist. Prov. i. 484. 

 Drehehals, Nattirf. ix. s. 53. 



Torcocollo, Zinnan. Uov. 72. t. 11. f.63. Cett. Uc. Sard. 84. 

 Long-Tongue, Kolb. Cap. Engl. ii. 155 ? 



