1 1 o love's meinie. 



most people. But I have never seen a water- 

 ouzel alive. 



II. 



ALLEGRETTA NYMPH^A. LILY-OUZEL. 



93. We have got so far, by help of our first 

 example, in the etymology of our entire class, 

 as to rest in the easily memorable root ' dab,' 

 short for dabble, as the foundation of compre- 

 hensive nomenclature. But the earlier (if not 

 Aryan !) root 'dip,' must be taken good heed to, 

 also, because, as we further study the customs 

 of aquatic chickens, we shall find that they 

 really mass themselves under the three great 

 heads of ' Duckers,' birds that duck their heads 

 only, and stick up their tails in the air; — 

 * Dippers,' birds that take real dips under, but 

 not far down, in shallow water mostly, for 

 things at the bottom, or else to get out of 

 harm's way, staying down about as long as 

 we could ourselves, if we were used to it ; — 

 and * Divers,' who plunge like stones when 

 they choose, — can go nobody knows how deep 

 in the deep sea,: — and swim under the water 

 just as comfortably as upon it, and as fast, if 

 not faster. 



