JYNX, in ornithology, a genus of birds belonging to the order of accipitres. Of this genus there is only one known species, called, from its singular manner of twisting its head about, wry-neck. "Nature, (says Mr Pennant), by the elegance of its penciling the colours of this bird, hath made ample amends for their want of splendor. Its plumage is marked with the plainest kinds. A list of black and ferruginous strokes divides the top of the head and back. The sides of the head and neck are ash-coloured, beautifully traversed with fine lines of black and reddish brown. The quill-feathers are dusky; but each web is marked with rust-

coloured spots. The chin and breast are of a light yellowish brown, adorned with sharp pointed bars of black. The tail consists of ten feathers, broad at their ends and weak; of a pale ash colour, powdered with black and red, and marked with four equidistant bars of black. The tongue is long and cylindric; for the same use as that of the woodpecker. The toes are also disposed the same way. The bill is short, weak, and a little arcuate. The irides are of a yellowish hazel.

"The wry-neck we believe to be a bird of passage, appearing here in the spring before the cuckoo. The Welsh consider it as the forerunner or servant of that bird, and call it Gwas y gog, or the cuckoo's attendant: the Swedes regard it in the same light. The food of this species is insects; but chiefly ants, for on examination we found the stomach of one filled with their remains. As the tongue of this bird, like that of the ant-bear or tamandria, is of an enormous length; it possibly not only makes use of it to pick those insects out of their retreat, but like that quadruped may lay it across their path, and when covered with ants draw it into its mouth. Its weight is one ounce and a quarter: the length seven inches; the breadth 11. It takes its name from a manner it has of turning its head back to the shoulders; especially when terrified: it has also the faculty of erecting the feathers of the head like those of the jay. Its note is like that of the kestrel, a quick-repeated squeak. Its eggs are white, and have so thin a shell that the yolk may be seen through it. This bird builds in the hollows of trees, making its nest of dry grass, in which we have counted nine young.

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In all, 46 Plates for this Volume.

N. B. ERRATA, OMISSIONS, &c. noticed and supplied in the APPENDIX at the end of the Work

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The following table is a list of the names of the various counties in the State of California, arranged in alphabetical order. The names are in the following order:

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