WRYNECK. 



lYNX TORQUILLA, Linn. 



Yunx torquilla, Linn. S. N. i. p. 172; Naum. v. p. 356; 



Macg. iii. p. 100 ; Hewitson, i. p. 242. 

 lynx torquilla, Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 487 ; Dresser, v. p. 103. 



Le Torcol ordinaire, French ; Hormiquero, Torcecuelo, 

 Spanish; Der Wendehals, German. 



A regular spring visitor to England, arriving about 

 the beginning of April, when its loud familiar call at 

 once announces its presence. 



Lord Lilford's own observations on this bird will 

 be found in his ' Birds of Northamptonshire ' (vol. i. 

 p. 273). [O. S.] 



