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cure it for himfelf. Whilft they are taking the 
honey, he watches them attentively in a neigh- 
bouring bufh, waiting for his fhare of the {poil ; 
and they always give him a part, that he may 
fhew them to other trees where there are hives. 

Grnus18 «= YY *‘U N X. 
THe WRY-NECK. 
The beak is {mooth and pointed, weak and a little bowed. 
The noftrils depreffed, hollow, and confpicuous. 
The tongue fmooth, long-fhaped like a worm, and end- 
ing in a fharp bony point. 
Ten flexible feathers in the tail. 
Two toes before, and two behind, for climbing. 
HE Wry-Neck feeds upon infects, which 
it pierces and takes with its tongue. The 
tongue, like that of the Woodpecker, is covered 
_ withakind of glue. Its colours are not very beauti- 
ful, but it is ftreaked in the moft delicate man- 
ner; a number of black ftrokes divide the head © 
| and the back ; and the fides of the head and neck 
_ are beautifully marked with fine lines of black, 
_ and of a reddifh brown. 
It 

