WRYNECK — KINGFISHER. 
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enlarging it (in no very careful manner) I found nothing in it. Passing by on 
the 18th, to my amazement the bird flew out again ; this time there were 
five eggs ; by the 22nd four more were laid ; on the 27th, two ; and on June 3rd, 
three ; making a total of fourteen ! ” Writing again on 8th May, 1886, he 
says : — “ The Green Woodpecker that laid fourteen eggs in a nest last year 
laid one more after I had inspected the nest for the last time ; I found it in 
the hole, addled but intact, on Friday.” 
According to Harley, a cream-coloured specimen now or formerly in the 
Leverian IMuseum “ was shot at Belvoir Chase, or rather Croxton Park, the 
seat of the Duke of Kutland (‘ Latham’s General Synopsis,’ 1st Supplement, 
p. 110).” 
In Rutland. — As in Leicestershire. — Mr. Horn informs me that Mr. H. 
W. Betts, of Ketton Grange, found a nest in Witchley Warren Wood, from 
which he took six eggs, later he took six more, and then five, making a total 
of seventeen. 
Sub-family IY2\G1jS^. 
WRYNECK. lynx tm’quilla, Linnaeus. 
“ Cuckoo’s Mate,” “ Snake-bird.” 
A summer migrant, sparingly distributed, and less common than formerly. — 
Harley wrote : — “ It appears nowhere more common than around Foxton. 
The ash prevails there, and, moreover, ant-hillocks abound to a much greater 
extent than in any other district known to us.” 
He further remarked : — “ The Wryneck nests with us, breeding in holes 
in orchard and forest trees.” According to Mr. Macaulay (‘Mid. Nat.,’ 1881, 
p. 255), a pair built in 1881 in a garden at Kib worth, and were not 
disturbed. 
In Rutland. — As in Leicestershire. — Lord Gainsborough writes : — “ Observed 
at Barnsdale, Edith Weston, and Exton.” Mr. Horn writes : — “ I obtained, in 
1886, a clutch of eggs from an orchard tree at Bisbrook, where it nests most 
years.” 
SuB-oEDER A XI SOD A CT YLjD. 
Fa:siilt ALCEDINID^. 
KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. 
Resident, but sparingly distributed. — Harley once caught one, in a severe 
winter, almost unable to fly, fr-om the fact that “ its tiny red feet were encased 
with ice, some pieces of which hung like ear-drops to its claws.” Mr. Ingram 
wi'ites : — “ Occasionally seen near the little river Devon and by the Lake. Two 
