196 MERULID^E. 



a lighter greyish black ; chin, neck, and upper part of the 

 breast, pure white ; lower part of the breast chestnut 

 brown; legs, toes, and claws brown. Females resemble 

 the males. 



The whole length of the specimen described measured 

 seven inches and one quarter. From the carpal joint to 

 the end of the wing, three inches and three -eighths ; the 

 first wing feather less than half the length of the second, 

 which is equal in length to the third ; and both the second 

 and third longer than the fourth. 



The young bird in its first plumage has the whole of the 

 upper parts dull greyish brown ; the wing-coverts and 

 tertials tipped with greyish white ; the chin white ; the 

 feathers of the front of the neck and breast pale buff tipped 

 with brown; belly, sides, and vent, grey, with darker 

 lines. 



The Penrith Ouzle of Pennant's British Zoology, ap- 

 pears to be a young bird of the common Dipper in its first 

 year. 



The vignette below represents a nest of the Dipper, for 

 which I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. D. Salmon 

 of Thetford, who received it from Yorkshire. 



