BRITISH BIRDS. 
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THE WRYNECK. 
{Jynx Tor quit la > Lin . — Le Torcoly Buff.) 
The principal colours which diftinguifh this 
beautiful little bird confifl of different fhades of 
brown, but fo elegantly arranged as to form a pic- 
ture of the moft exquifite neatnefs ; from the back 
part of the head down to the middle of the back 
there runs an irregular line of dark brown, inclin- 
ing to black ; the reft of the back is afh- coloured, 
ftreaked and powdered with brown ; the throat and 
under fide of the neck are of a reddifh brown, crof- 
fed with fine bars of black ; the breaft, belly, and 
thighs are of a light afh colour, marked with trian- 
