72 THE EUROPEAN DIPPER. 



hold very few districts wanting it ; and it 

 extends to all the larger Hebrides. In suitable 

 localities in Ireland, according to Mr Thompson, 

 it is equally plentiful ; * and it is found in 

 England wherever the character of the country 

 assimilates with that which it elsewhere fre- 

 quents. 



The head, sides, and back part of the neck, 

 umber-brown ; the upper parts of the body, the 

 wings, and tail, black, having the feathers on the 

 shoulders and back edged with blackish-gray ; 

 the eyelids, the throat, neck, and breast, are pure 

 white ; the belly chestnut-brown, shading into 

 dark brownish black on the flanks, and to black- 

 ish-gray on the vent and under tail covers ; the 

 legs and feet are yellowish-grey ; the tarsi clear- 

 est in colour along the front. In the female 

 the white and chestnut of the under parts are 

 scarcely so clear, and the gray edges of the 

 feathers on the back are more clouded. In the 

 young the upper parts, including the head and 

 neck, are of a deep gray, the edge of each feather 

 being yellowish white. On the throat and breast 

 dusky yellowish or grayish white, darker where 

 the chestnut band commences, and shading into 

 dark gray, having there the feathers edged with a 

 pale tint, while on the throat and breast each is 

 tipped with a narrow bar of blackish gray, 

 giving a clouded or dark appearance to the 

 whole. 



* Mag. 6f Zool. and Dot. ii. p. 428. 



