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YUNG-NING, a town of China, of the third rank, in Se- 
chuen. 
YUNG-NING, a city of China, of the second rank, in 
Chan-si. Lat. 37. 35. N. long. 110. 39. E. 
YUNG-PING, a town of China, of the third rank, in Yu- 
nan. 
YUNG-TCHUN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Quangsee. 
YUNGUI, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Chan- 
? ay. 
YUNGUYO, a settlement of Peru, in the province of 
Omasuyos. 
YUNG-YANG, a town of China, of the third rank, in Se- 
chuen, on the Kincha river. 
YUN-H1NG, a city of China, of the first rank, in Honan, 
watered by a river called Yuho. The country within its 
district is very large, and is partly flat, and partly moun¬ 
tainous, especially to the north and south. It is watered by 
several rivers, which render the soil very fruitful. Lat. 33. 
N. long. 113. 52. E. 
YUN-HO, a town of China, of the third rank, in Tche- 
kiang. 
YUN-LEAN-HO, a canal of China, formed of the river 
Pey-ho, or rather the river itself made navigable from Hiam- 
ho to Tientsin, in the province of Pe-che-lee, for the purpose 
of conveying corn towards Tongtcheou and Pekin. The 
name in the Chinese language is said to mean corn-bearing. 
YUN-MONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Hooquang. 
YUNSHAN, the territory lying between the eastern li¬ 
mits of the Birman empire and China, of which very little is 
known, even to the Birmans. 
YUNTA, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Tucu- 
man. 
YUNTAI, an island near the coast of China, in the eastern 
seas, 30 miles in circumference, about two miles and a half 
from the continent. Lat. 34. 35. N. long. 119. 19. E. 
YUN-TCHUN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Fo-kien. 
YUN-TOU, a town of China, of the third rank, in Kiang- 
see. 
YUNX, in Ornithology, a genus of birds of the order 
picae, and of which these are the characters:—1. Bill smooth- 
ish, cylindrical, pointed, a little curved, weak ; nostrils con¬ 
cave, naked 5 tongue very long, smooth, worm-shaped, armed 
at the point; tail feathers ten, flexible; feet scansorial. This 
genus consists of only one species, and has, by most authors, 
been held distinct; for, though allied to some other genera, 
it perfectly coincides with none. The tongue and disposi¬ 
tion of the toes correspond to those of the woodpecker; but 
the weakness of the bill distinguishes it from that family. It 
seems also to be nearly related to the cuckoo, did not its 
length of tongue form a marked distinction. 
2. Yunx, or wryneck.—Gray, varied with brown, and 
blackish; belly reddish, with blackish spots; tail feathers 
waved with black spots, streaks, and bars. Description, 
however, is very inadequate to convey an accurate idea of 
the elegant markings of this little bird. Its name seems to 
have been given it from the singular manner of turning its 
head over its shoulder and perpetually looking about, when 
the black list on the back of the neck gives it a twisted ap¬ 
pearance. The weight of this beautiful bird is about ten 
drams, and its length seven inches.'—It inhabits Europe, 
Asia, and Africa, appearing in Britain about the same time 
with the cuckoo, and chiefly frequenting woods, or thickly 
inclosed countries, where trees or orchards abound. Its food 
principally consists of ants and other insects, of which it 
finds great abundance lodged in the bark and crevices of 
trees, and which it secures by a horny substance at the end 
of its long tongue. It likewise frequents ant hills, into 
which it darts its tongue, and draws out its prey. It is 
never seen with any other society than that of its female, 
and, as soon as the domestic union is dissolved, which is in 
September, they retire and migrate by themselves. It makes 
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an artless nest of dry grass, on dusty rotten wood, in holes 
of trees, and lays nine or ten eggs, which are white and 
transparent. If surprised in its nest, it stretches itself at full 
length; and erecting the feathers on the crown of its head, 
suddenly rises, making, at the same time, a short hissing 
noise, like that of a turkey cock. In the beginning of 
spring, it very frequently repeats a noise like that of the 
smaller species of hawks. 
YVOIR, a small town of the Sardinian states, in Savoy, 
on the lake of Geneva. 
YVOIX LE PRE, a small town in the central part of 
France, department of the Cher, with 2400 inhabitants, some 
iron-works, and a glass-house, near Cbapelle d’Anguillon. 
YUPAN, a settlement of Peru, in_ the province of Con- 
chucos. 
YUPANA, a small river of Cumana, which runs south, 
and enters the Cuvuni by the north side. 
YUQUI, a river of Paraguay, which falls into the Paraguay. 
YUQUIPA, a settlement of Quito, in the province of 
Quixos and Macas. 
YURA, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Collahuas. 
YURACARES, a river of Peru, in the province of Santa 
Cruz de la Sierra, which enters the Marmore. 
YURACAYO, a settlement of Peru, in the province of 
Chancay. 
YURANI, a river of Guiana, which runs from north to 
south, and enters the Cuyuni. 
YURI, a small river of Guiana, which runs east, and en¬ 
ters the Arebato. 
YURIMA, a river of Peru, in the province of Pomabamba, 
which runs north, and enters the large river Beni. 
YURIRAPUNDARO, a settlement of Mexico, in the in¬ 
tendancy of Mechoachan, containing 485 Indian families. 
YURMASICA, a settlement of Peru, in the province of 
Chachapovas. 
YURNA, a small island on the coast of Brazil, at the 
mouth of the river Amazons, near the equinoctial line. 
Long. 50. 40. W. 
YURUA, a river of Peru, which falls into the Amazons, 
and the upper part of which is little known. 
YURUA, a small island on the coast of Brazil, opposite 
to that of Marajo. 
YURUANI, a small river of Guiana, in Surinam, which 
enters the Caroni.—There is another river of the same name 
which enters the Caura. 
YURUA RIO, a river of Guiana, which runs from north 
to south, and enters the Curguni, just before its entrance into 
the sea. 
YURUBASI, a river of the country bounding the river 
Amazons, which runs east, and enters the Rio Negro. 
YURUPA, or Jufura, or Japura, a large river of New 
^Granada, in South America, which in its origin is called the 
Caqueta, and, after a south-west course of nearly 1000 miles, 
during which it receives the accession of numerous tributa¬ 
ries, falls into the Amazons by many mouths, in Lat. 4. S. 
YU-TAI, a town of China, of the third rank, in Shantung. 
YUTAY, or Jutay, a river ofePeru, which is said to rise 
in a lake about 180 miles east-north-east of Cuzco, runs 
north, and enters the Amazons by the south part, in Lat. 2. 
40. S. 
YU-TCIIIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Kiang-nan. 
YU-TCHING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Honan. 
YU-TCHING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Shantung. 
YUT1, a settlement of Paraguay on the shore of the Te- 
biquariguaza. Lat. 26. 35. S. tong. 56. 16. W. 
YU-TIEN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Pe- 
che-lee. 
YU-TSE, a town of China, of the third rank, in Chan-si; 
]5 miles south-east of Taiyuen. 
YU-TSIEN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Tche- 
kiang. 
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