52 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
FAMILY CINCLIDA.. 
DIPPER. 
CINcLUS AQuATICUS, Bechstein. 
Water Ousel. 
The greater part of Cheshire is quite unsuitable 
for the Dipper, and as a breeding species the bird is 
practically confined to the Hill Country of the East. 
It is only known to have bred in one locality on the 
Cheshire Plain, the Dane at Cranage Mill, where the 
late T. W. Barlow found a nest on more than one 
occasion,§ and where the Rev. H. G. Barnacle has 
taken eggs in recent years. There is a specimen in 
the Warrington Museum which was killed at Tarporley 
in the spring of 1893, and we have seen another which 
was shot at Romiley in winter. In Wirral and the 
west the Dipper is unknown, although it breeds on the 
hills on the Welsh side of the Dee, and one has been 
shot at the mouth of the Wepre Brook at Connah’s 
Quay.” 
Throughout the eastern Hill Country the Dipper is 
very common. It breeds freely on all the streams in 
Longdendale, and Mr. S. Radcliffe finds it abundant 
on the tributaries of the Tame above Staleybridge. 
The bird abounds in the country lying between the 
upper Goyt and Dane, where it occurs on the little 
upland becks as well as on the larger streams. Mr. 
K. H. Jones informs us that he has not met with 
the Dipper at Disley, but has found the nest on 
the bank of a polluted brook at Middlewood. Mr. 
1 Barlow, Ms. 2 Dobie, op. c2t. p. 291. 
