312 



WATER-OUZEL. Class II. 



II. Water- 

 Ouzel. 



Merula aquatica. Gcfncr av, 

 608. 



Lerlichirollo. JUr. av. 

 III. 186. 



Water-craw. Turner. 



The Water-Ouzel, or Wa- 

 ter-Crake. Wil. ortt. 149. 



Rati Jyn. av. 66, 



Sturnus cinclus. Lin. fyft. 

 290. 



Watnllare. Faun. Suec. /p. 

 214. 



Povodni Kofs. Scopoliy No. 223 



Le Merle d'eau. BriJJon av, v. 

 252. 



Merlo aquatico. Ztnan, log. 



Norvegis, FofTe Fald, FofTc Kald, 

 Qujcrn Kald, Stroem-Stser, 

 Bskke Eugl. Brunnich. 2 30. 



WafTer-amfel, Bach-amfel. Kra. 



374- 

 Br. Zool. 92. plate. P. i. f. 2. 



THIS bird frequents fmall brooks, particularly 

 thofe with deep banks, or that run through a 

 rocky country. It is of a very retired nature, and 

 never ^ttn but nngle, or v/ith its mate. It breeds in 

 holes in the banks, and lays five white eggs adorn- 

 ed with a fine blufh of red. It feeds on infefts and 

 fmall fifh ; and as Mr. JVillughhy obferves, though 

 not web-footed, will dart itfelf after them quite 



Nest. under water. The neft is conftruded in a curious 

 manner, of hay and fibres of roots, and lined with 

 dead oak leaves, having a portico, or grand en- 

 trance made with green mofs. 



Descrip. Its weight is two ounces and a half: the length 

 feven inches one quarter : the breadth eleven : the 

 bill is narrow, and comprefi^ed fideways : the eye- 

 lids are white: the head, cheeks, and hind part 



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