COMMON DIPPER. 



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INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



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THE COMMON DIPPER. 



Turdus cinclus. Water Ouzel, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 398. 



Sturniis ,, ,, ,, Mont. Oinith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 126. 



Cinclus aquaticus, The Dipper, Flem. Brit. An. p. 66. 



,, ,, European Dipper, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 172. 



,, ,, Water Ouzel, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 98. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 



,, „ Cincle plongeur, Temm. Man.d'Ornith. vol.i. p. 177. 



Cinclus. Generic Characters. — Beak of moderate size, angular, and higher 

 than broad at the base ; straight, compressed, and rounded near the end : the 

 point of the upper mandible slightly curving downwards to meet the point of 

 the lower one. Nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a depression, cleft longitudi- 

 nally, partly covered by a membrane. Wings — the first feather very short ; 

 the second not so long as the third or fourth, which are nearly equal. Feet — 

 three toes before and one behind ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; the lateral 

 toes equal in length ; the outer toe slightly connected to the middle toe. . 



