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CINCLUS PALLAS I I .
Cincl. unicolor, in te n s e b r u n n e u s ; rostro p e d ib u s q u e fu s c is .
S t a tu r a Cin c li a q u a tic i, B e ch st.
T he present bird lias been described by M. Temminck, who gave it the specific name of Pallasii in honour
o f Pallas : no figure, however, o f it has appeared jircvioiisly to that in Plate XXIV. o f the “ Century.” As it
is a sjiecies rarely occurring in collections, and of gre a t interest as forming one o f a genus which though
limited in luimber is diifused throughout the old and new continents of the globe, it was more than desirable
that a correct figure upon which reliance might be jilaced should be given to the scientific world.
Two sjiecies are well known in the older continent, viz., our Common Dipper, {Cinclus aquaticus,') and the
present. Mr. Swainson, however, has indicated a third from India, diiTcring from Cincius Pallasii
The C. Pallasii has all the habits and manners of our own species, frequenting mountainous streams, and
feeding on aquatic insects and their larvm, the fry and ova o f fishes, cS:c., which it takes beneath the water.
We susjiect th a t the habitat of this bird is confined to the remote and northern districts of the Himalayan
chain. Its colour is a uniform dull brown, which is not varied by sex and but slightly by age.
The Plate rejiresents an adult iu full plumage.