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 GENUS XVII. 



CINCLUS. 



Beak downy, rounded at the base, slender, straight 

 towards the tip, rather compressed and bent down ; 

 the margins slightly toothed ; nostrils naked ; tail 

 short; feet simple, with three toes before and one 

 behind. Shaw. 



1. EUROP^EUS. Shaw. 



STURNUS CINCLUS. Lin.' 



C.fiisco-nigricanSy genis gutture collo inferiore et pec- 

 tore niveis, venire supremo fusco rufescente, imo 

 rectricibusque nigricantibus. Shaw. 



The bill is black ; the irides hazel ; the eye-lids 

 white ; the head and neck are deep brown \ the neck 

 and breast are white ; the belly red brown ; the tail 

 black ; the legs are bluish before, behind black. 



Weight 24oz. length 7 inches. 



The female lays 5 or 6 semi-transparent white 

 eggs, in a nest formed of moss and water plants and 

 lined with oak leaves, 



It possesses the power of walking in quest of its 

 food, on the pebbly bottom of rivulets, with the same 

 ease as on dry land. 



