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The PF'r^neck: lynx five Torquilla. ^^ ^ ^ 



Numb. XXI. 



ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the etid of the Tail is 7 Inche* 

 and a half; the Breadth i o laches when the Wings are extended ; 

 Weight one Ounce. It is of the Bignefs of the common hark^ or fbme- 

 what lefs ; the Bill is fliort, fmaller and lefs triangular than in the reft of 

 this Kind, of a lead Colour. The Tongue round, ending in a (harp, bony 

 Thorn, which it can dart out to a great Length, and draw it in again like 

 the reft of this Kind ; the Ir'tdes of the Eyes of a hafel Colour ; the Feet and 

 Legs fhort, of a pale lead Colour or rather flefti Colour. 



It could rufBe up the Feathers of its Head, fo as to make them appear 

 Hke a Creft as doth the Ja'^ ; the Plumage is fo elegantly and curioufly co- 

 lour'd, that it is very difficult in Words to defcribe it, the upper part of the 

 Body being variegated with white, black, redifti, dusky and afh Colour ; 

 from the Crown of the Head all along the Middle of the Back runs a Lift 

 of black ; the Head is cinereous, with tranfverfe white, black and red Lines 5 

 The Throat and lower Belly are yellow, with tranfverfe black Lines ; the 

 middle of the Breaft is whiter, with fewer Lines ^ the Feathers covering 

 the bottom of the prime Wing Feathers are yellow, with tranfverfe black 

 Lines ; the Rump is more afh colour'd than the Head, with white Spot* 

 and tranfverfe black Lines. 



The prime Wing Feathers are in Number 19, the firftor outmoft being 

 fiiQrter than the fecond, black and fpotted with great white Spots ; the 

 whole Wing is colour'd and fpotted with the fame Colours of the Body 

 before mentioned. The Tail Feathers are 1 o, not fharp-pointed, nor ftiff, 

 nor bending inwards as in the reft of the Wood-pecker Kind \ 1 Inches and 

 a half long ; of a cinereous Colour crofted at large Intervals with Bars of 

 Black J between them powdered and fprinkled with fmall Specks of black.- 



The Toes are fo difpofed as in the reft of this Kind, 2 forward and r 

 backward ; it wants the blind Guts like the other Wood-peckers ; the Length 

 of the Guts was 9 Inches long : It ftrangely and ridiculoufly turns its Head 

 back to its Shoulders, whence by Gaza it is called Torqudla ; it feeds upon. 

 AntSf which it ftrikes with its Tongue, and then contradling it fwallows- 

 them without ever touching them with her Bill, having a glutinous Matter 

 fticking on the Tongue. The Hen is paler than the Cock, being of a/ 

 mote cinereous Colour. 



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