lOO CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



Mr. Thorpe, of East Croydon, has fully justified 

 my confidence in him by placing these little King- 

 fishers in a very natural and artistic habitat. 



CASE 20. 



THE DIPPER. 

 Order, Passeres. Fa?nily, Cindid(2. 



The Dipper, or Water-Ouzel, is distributed in 

 suitable localities over the British Islands, and the 

 study of its habits has been peculiarly interesting 

 to me. 



Probably it would be found to be most abundant 

 in Cornwall and Devon, Cumberland and Westmore- 

 land, Wales, and Scotland, where geographical 

 features so well fulfil the requirements of this 

 spritely-looking little bird, viz., the rivulets and run- 

 ning brooks in Wales especially, the bold rocky 

 streams and burns of Scotland ; these latter are the 

 ideal home of the Dipper. 



I don't think in the whole of my collection there 

 is any bird whose habit in the breeding-season I 

 have studied more than this particular species. The 

 first opportunity came when staying at Dolecoed 

 Hotel, Llanwrtyd Wells. Soon after my arrival I 

 was informed of there being a Water-Ouzel, or 

 Dipper's nest, within a stone's throw of the hotel 

 door. The front of the hotel was on the main road 

 to the grounds where the Sulphur Springs were, and 



