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w. Char. Beak .slender^ slightly bent upwards;-con i p rrs«.(.Mir Gutting edges bendiny iuwar
u pper mandible notched at. the tip. N o s t r i l s at. the side# of the base, naked chsft te»«
-tvise, partly covered by a membrane, £0#* short j toes three before, eras® behind the on
toe joined at it? base to th e middle one. Wmg*. short $ the first tjnill not half the length
the second, which is also shorter than the third and fourth.
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i*e genus Cincku, as fiiji os our IdwnriM&tf i
‘ which one is a native of tile liiinakiynn •
tdcr consideration,) is peculiar, we believe, t<
the Continent ■Hi |m | of our own' bLi-ii'."
T he lowly, secluded, and ¡ivl'Hid loe,ai situ;
aulictr with -it.*? habits and' •rik^'h.
strictattention than they h-w.’.
. possesses' of dirag ml' lllp p i
though they have generally attracted the noti<je of naturalists, Itcjyc not received that dose and philosophical
scrutiny which the subject desCirves • and we would recommend, to those who have tlud opportunitv a tdose
study of this bird ip a state of nature; for, 1mwever unqualified it m:i\ ap-K-.n,- to be for such habits i t is
undoubtedly capable of descending to. the hottom of streams and rivers, for the purpose cif prosecuting its
search after insects and larrm w ihabitants of the stonv bottoms o f mountain $fcreams.
As far as the fact of. its subm.ersiongoes, .ive haye ourselves manv times witnessed it ; but> have never been
able to mark unobserved the act rd under water, so as to sav whether it is by
that it keeps itself submersed, 0.r whether it is «.»liktely at its ease as some W e asserted.
The Water Ouzel is a ¿spirited -and restless little bird, full of iif
alopg the border cd #trwM, sasfl i-t is food of pe rebine 1
in the centre of the current, w|ww\ M tH w w 1«*»^
jerking its tail in a manner not a-Hii3tfv «ha? *tf T: <.{*-. n«wkg forth a hvrh t&ittomtg
(and that even in the. depth of winter, «-ben ■.:••■. »aarth- m h mow,, . . V , , : . iSI
rising again at a t*op,:;id'r:*i:v distance. Whcp Jjo disposed, its ifig§ might : •* ¡act
like the Kingfisher, and h i* equally solitary in its White. It is, bowt-w;*r. seMotti sh.-.iA h 1 : • ^ ¡||
as, die Kingfisher, the latte r being a frequenter of which ?« fenifo VMiiifcry, wfail
Witter Ouzel is peculiar to the rapid and limpid streams which c v mo u n t e i b ,v;. md rm tb
This-interesting little bird builds its m tiu of she m,«fh stCne* m riigS | | l j ?i| in
ill such localities, and among the laige loose stones uf^he. margin. Th« nest is aMyconsttui-aad ol’ the n
ttwwifos and grasses neatest to hand, awl covered with a dome, fike tlait of the Wren: the eggs arc fro«
to seven in number, of a pure and delicate white. The birds flaring arrived at maturi'v. .• thcr until r-
peculiar changes in the plumage, .nor exhibit external sexual- diifcriWvs. The young, however, are
M * oat the upper surface, and the wb*te extends, over die '«hole: of the abdomen, interrupted by
markings of browp, ivbich become darker a? they proceed.
fi! our islauds we must look for the Witter Oazel in Wales (where w© bad the pleasure of obtainm
indwidiiak from whi ch the iig^res in t h e w e r e token)* Derbyshire* Yorkshir*,.
1. Iafi|s apper sunace is of a strong Idtck&dr '&m. feather having its • -bfcMi ;i the tfci-oa
."-•i nr. pure white 5 the abdomen rufous) five .beak black : iriikj» ¡j,
Our Plate represents an adult, and a young bird of ihe year, of the natural wve.