WRYNECK
IYNX TORQUILLA, Linn.
Yunx torquilla, Linn. S. N. i. p. 172; Naum. v. p. 356;
Macg. iii. p. 100; Hewitson, i. p. 242.
lynx torquilla, Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 487; Dresser, v. p. 103.
Le Torcol ordinaire, French; Hormiquero, Torcecuelo,
Spanish; Der Wendehals, German.
A regular spring visitor to England, arriving about
the beginning of April, when its loud familiar call at
once announces its presence.
Lord Lilford’s own observations on this bird will
be found in his ‘ Birds of Northamptonshire ’ (vol. i.
p. 273). [O. S.]
lynx torquilla, /inn.
