PASSERES CINCLIDAE CINCLUS MEXICANUS. 



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rude structure of coarse sticks, loosely put together, and lined with finer 

 material. The eggs, of a uniform blue color, very similar to those of the 

 common Robin, but lighter. In this respect, therefore, they would seem to 

 differ from all others of the genus, which are spotted, often quite heavily, 

 with different shades of brown. 



FAM. CINCLIDAE: DIPPERS. 



CINCLUS MEXICANUS, Sw. 

 Water Ouzel. 



Cinclus mexicanus, SWAINS. Phil. Mag., 1827, 368. NEWB., P. R, R. Rep., vi, 1857, SO. 

 HEERM.P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1859,44. CouES,Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1866, CO. BD., Rev. Am. Birds, i, 1864, 60. COOPER. Birds Cal., i, 1870, 

 25. COTIES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 77. MERRIAM, TJ. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 

 1872, 671 (nesting). ALLEN, Bui. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 174 (mount- 

 ains of Colorado ; Ogden, Utab). YARROW & HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 

 1872, Wheeler's Expetl., 1874, 6. HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, Ql.Id, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874. Id., 

 An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 46. BD., BREW., & 

 RIDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 56, pi. 5, fig. 1. COUES, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 

 1874, p. 10. 



Hydrobata mexicana, BD., Birds N. A., 1858,229. XANTUS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1859, 190 (Fort Tejon, Cal.). HENRY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 

 116 (New Mexico). COOP. & SUCKL., P. R. R. Rep., 12, pt. ii, 1860, 175. 

 COOPER, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 32 (Montana). HOLD., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., xv, 1872, 194 (Black Hills). 



The Water Ouzel is a common inhabitant along the swift mountain- 

 torrents of the Rocky Mountains. It was found in several localities in Utah, 

 and was particularly numerous for a long distance on the Provo River, where 

 the stream glides through a deep rocky canon, and at every turn makes 



