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YUNX. WRYNECK. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum teretiusculum, paulo 



incurvatum, debile. 

 Naves concavae, denudatae. 

 Lingua teres, lumbriciformis, 



longissima, apice mucro- 



nata. 



Pedes simplices; digitis du- 

 obus anticis, duobus posti- 

 cis. 



Beak roundish, slightly in- 

 curved, and weak. 



Nostrils naked and concave. 



Tongue very long, worm-like, 

 slender, and armed at the 

 point. 



Feet simple, with two toes 

 before, and two behind. 



T?HIS genus, which consists of only a single spe- 

 cies, has, by most authors, been held distinct : it 

 seems to be the link between the Woodpeckers 

 and the Cuckows; as it has the tongue and feet of 

 the former, but it cannot be placed there on ac- 

 count of the weakness of its beak ; while it is re- 

 moved from the latter (where it was originally 

 placed by Linneus,) by its long tongue, although 

 it has a great affinity in other respects. There are 

 ten feathers in the tail. 



