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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



This bird is tolerably widely distributed throughout the 

 British Isles, from the Hebrides in the north, to Devon and 

 Cornwall in the south. It also occurs in the neighbourhood 

 of streams throuofhout Ireland. 



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Fig. 7.— The Dipper. 



It feeds on aquatic insects, worms, molluscs, and spawn 

 and fry of fish, though to a much less extent in the 

 case of the latter than is supposed, as it prefers the former. 



In shape the dipper resembles the starling rather than 

 the thrush, but its head is rounder and thicker than that 

 of the former. 



