JYNX TORQUILLA. 



PTRTNECK. 



Generic Character- 



Bill round and fomewhat incurvated, 

 Noftrils bare. 



Tongue long, flender, cylindrical, and terminated with 



an horny fubftance. 

 Toes two forward and two backward. 

 Tail compofed of ten flexible feathers. 



Synonyms. ' 



Jynx ToRquiLLA. Lin. SyJ. i. p, 172. Ind. Om 



1. />. 223. 1. 



Wryn eck. Br, Zool 1. 83. Ik foh 80. iah, R G, 

 Arn. Z60I 2. p, 267. B, Lath. Syn, 



2. p. 548. tab. 24. Ih.Jupt, p. 103. 

 Mont. Om., Di5f. Vol 2. Bemck's 

 Br. Birds, Ft. 1. A 136. 



T^HE length of this bird is feven inches, breadth about 

 eleven, it weighs three quarters of an ounce \ bill three-fourths 

 of an inch long ; irides light blood colour ; feathers on the 

 crown of the head ereftable j toes and claws very ftrong. 

 C^olours alil^e in both fexes. 



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