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^Yell know, attracted bj it. It is, moreover 



an illogical conclusion, that, because a bird 



is seen on the spawning-beds, it therefore 



eats the spawn. We want a third premise 



in the syllogism. The poor water-ouzel may, 



therefore, after all, be the friend, not the 

 enemy, of the proprietors of fisheries. — F. B."] 



"Having seen a water-ouzel visiting my 



hatching ponds, I shot it, and subsequently I 



killed three more near a natural spawning-bed. 



After dissecting these birds I found one ovum 



just devoured, but as it was not of the healthy 



pink colour, but was white, I suppose that 



the ouzel had picked it out, not for the sake 



of the roe, but for some insect which at the 



time was feeding upon the egg. The gizzards 



contained nothing besides remnants of insects. 



The bill of the ouzel not being formed for 



