DIPPER. 19 



seen near the North Lodge, Moreton, May 9, 1885 ; 

 a male was shot between Swanage and Corfe Castle, 

 June 1885. " The nest has been found in Kent several 

 times, and in Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Sussex " 

 (Harting, "Handbook of British Birds," p. 10). Its 

 gaudy plumage, however, often causes its destruction. 

 If protection were only afforded to it on its arrival in 

 April, it would in all probability nest regularly here, 

 and return to the same breeding haunts (as is the 

 case with many other migratory birds) ; our eyes 

 would often be gladdened by its resplendent plumage 

 flashing among the foliage of our glades and groves, 

 and our ears by its melodious flute-like notes. 



FAM. CINCLID^E. 

 DIPPER. Cindus aquaticus, Bechstein. 



Tarrdl, i. p. 241 ; Harting, p. 10 ; Dresser, ii. p. 167 ; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 253 ; Ibis List, p. 23. 



The Dipper is only known on the western side of 

 Dorsetshire. So long ago as 1830 a pair was shot at 

 Sadborough, near Bridport. A pair built their nest 

 for three consecutive years ( 1 883-85) under an accom- 

 modation wooden bridge in the valley of the Bredy, 

 and brought up four broods, of which two were 

 hatched in 1885. Mr. William Thompson, of Wey- 

 mouth, saw one in the flesh in the hands of Mr. Rolls, 

 of Weymouth. One was seen at Long Bredy in 1 885, 

 and another on the stream between Lyme Regis and 

 Uplyme in August 1887. 



