COMMON DIPrER. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES 





181 

 MERULIDM. 



THE COMMON DIPPER. 



Cinclus aquaticus. 



Turdus cinclus, 

 Sturnus 



Water Ouzel, 



Cinclus aquaticus, 



The Dipper, 

 European Dipper, 

 Water Ouzel, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 398. 



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 1 26. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 66. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 172. 



JENYNS, Brit Vert. p. 98. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 177. 



CINCLUS. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate size, angular, and higher 

 than broad at the base ; straight, compressed, and rounded near the end : the 

 point of the upper mandible slightly curving downwards to meet the point of the 

 lower one. Nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a depression, cleft longitudinally, 

 partly covered by a membrane. Wings the first feather very short ; the second 

 not so long as the third or fourth, which are nearly equal. Feet three toes be- 

 fore and one behind ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; the lateral toes equal in 

 length ; the outer toe slightly connected to the middle toe. 



