THE DirPER 



CiNCLUS AQUATICUS 



The Dipper, Water Ouzel, or " Water Crow " as it 

 is termed beyond the Border, has a very similar dis- 

 tribution in the British Islands to that of the Ring 

 Ouzel, and is confined to the mountainous districts. 

 It is found locally in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, 

 thence northwards through most parts of Wales and 

 the mountains of the north of England to the 

 Border. In Scotland, as might be expected owing 

 to the greater frequency of suitable haunts, it is more 

 widely dispersed, even reaching the outer Hebrides 

 and the Orkneys. In Ireland, again, it is widely 

 distributed. The sedentary habits of the Dipper are 

 favourable to the preservation of slight local dif- 

 ferences, so that throughout the Palaearctic Region 

 there are many subspecific forms and climatic races 

 impossible here to enumerate. The Dipper found in 

 the British Islands, if perfectly identical with conti- 

 nental examples, has a very restricted European 

 .'ange. It is apparently found in Holland, Belgium, 

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