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This bird builds in hollow trees: Latham fays they make no neft, 
but lay the eggs on the bare rotten wood. Pennant fays it makes the 
neft of dry grafs. The eggs, according to Buffon, are as white as 
ivory ; and Pennant adds, that they are fo thin that the yolk may be 
feen through them. The number of eggs feldom exceed nine. 
The Wryneck is fuppofed to be a Bird of paflage, appearing in the 
{pring eight or ten days earlier than the Cuckow. It feeds on InfeGs, 
and feems particularly fond of Ants; thefe the extreme length of the 
tongue enables it to pick out of the cracks where they are 
concealed. It takes its name from a habit it has of turning its head 
back to the fhoulders when alarmed or terrified: it can alfo erect 
the feathers of the head like thofe of a Jay.—Weight of this Bird is 
one ounce and a quarter: length feven inches: breadth eleven. 
This Bird is found throughout Exrope, and in many other parts of 
the world. 
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