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dive beneath the waters coming up 

 about fifteen yards up stream. 



I fired several shots at random and 

 each time the bird would dive coming 

 up, either up or down stream or on 

 the opposite side. 



I have often seen this bird allow the 

 swift waters to wash it off some rock, 

 and float down with the current, until 

 another suitable rock presented itself 

 for a perch. It is most often found 

 just below a water-fall. 



It appears to be fearless of man and 

 often it will come within a few feet of 

 you and sing its beautiful song, which 

 is clear and sweet. It would be hard 



to describe, and one must hear it to be- 

 able to appreciate its beautiful notes, 

 which it utters most frequently, while 

 flying up or down the stream, keeping 

 close to the surface of the water and 

 fairly making the canon echo with its 

 vibrations. 



Its nesting place and nest is in full 

 harmony, with the wild and glorious 

 mountain scenery. 



It is built in some crevice of the 

 rocks, or upon a rock in the stream or 

 dead log lying out in the stream. It 

 is made of sticks and coarse grass, in 

 the shape of a dome, which is in turn 

 covered with mud and then a coat of 



