THE DIPPER. 



PERCHED on a rock in the centre of the stream, which 

 whirls and boils with incessant clamour over its rocky 

 bed from the mountains far above, we very often see the 

 Dipper, a bird slightly smaller than a Thrush, his snow- 

 white throat and breast contrasting richly with the brown 

 of his other plumage. At first sight he puts you in mind 

 of the Wren, and the incessant activity and peculiar 

 crouching attitude bear out the analogy between that 

 active little creature and this bird of the wild. He is, 

 indeed, a strange bird, and well worthy of your attention ; 



