. A history of British birds . ellywhere the markings become arrow-headed in form : legs, toesand claws, brown. The whole length is about seven inches. From the carpaljoint to the tip of the wing, three inches and a quarter;the first primary is so small as to have often escapednotice,* the second and fourth nearly equal, longer thanthe fifth, but a little shorter than the third, which in thisspecies is longest. The female hardly differs from the male, but her plumage * 111 tlio African /. pecUmdk the first primary is much larger, being one-third as hjng as the second, while tlic third and four
. A history of British birds . ellywhere the markings become arrow-headed in form : legs, toesand claws, brown. The whole length is about seven inches. From the carpaljoint to the tip of the wing, three inches and a quarter;the first primary is so small as to have often escapednotice,* the second and fourth nearly equal, longer thanthe fifth, but a little shorter than the third, which in thisspecies is longest. The female hardly differs from the male, but her plumage * 111 tlio African /. pecUmdk the first primary is much larger, being one-third as hjng as the second, while tlic third and fourth are almost equal. 494 PICID^. is rather less pure and bright. The young are more regu-larly barred beneath, and have the irides darker. The vignette represents the head of the Wryneck. Ofthe two small thread-like muscles seen at the throat on theside of the windpipe, one, with its fellow on the other sideof tbe neck, belongs to the trachea itself; the other assistsin drawing the tongue back after it has been thrust [/ am not responsible for anythiwi that may follow hi-another Editor. Alfred Newton.] 25 May, 1882. END OP THE SECOND VOLUME. Pabt 10. Price 2s. Qd. HISTORY BRITISH BIRDS. B? THE LATE WILLIAM YARRELL, , FOURTH EDITION, REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON, , , PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OFCAMBRIDGE, , , ETC.
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