The Dipper 



THE Dipper, or Water Ouzel, as it 

 is sometimes called, is one of the 

 most interesting birds to be found in 

 our country. It is not quite so large as 

 a song thrush, and is shaped somewhat 

 like a wren. Its head, and upper parts 

 generally, are black, breast snowy white, and 

 underside chestnut. 



If you did not know you would never 

 guess from the bird's appearance how it 

 obtained its food. Without webbed feet or 

 any other advantage of structure not pos- 

 sessed by a blackbird, the Dipper goes under 

 water in search of the insects that form its 

 food. In olden days it was thought that 

 the bird could literally walk along the 

 bottom of a stream, but this is not so. 

 Upon going under water it uses its wings, 

 as it does when in flight, but, of course, its 

 rate of progression is much slower. 



The Water Ouzel is by no means a 



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