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DIPPER. 



COMMON DIPPER. EUROPEAN DIPPER. WATETt OUZEL 

 WATER CROW. 



Cinclus aquations, FLEMING. SELBY. 



Turdus cinclus, PENNANT. 



Sturnus cinclus, MONTAGU. 



Cinclus A bird that has the habit of moving its tail. 

 Aquaticus Pertaining to water. 



As you wade down the peerless Wharfe, the Queen of 

 Yorkshire rivers Bolton Abbey stands upon its bank, and 

 the waters that have flowed past Kilnsea Crag and now lave 

 the foundations of the beautiful ruin, are shortly pent in by 

 the memorable 'Strid' as you wade down the 'Lordly Wharfe' 

 in the month of October, fly-fishing for grayling, and watch 

 the Dipper fronting you with his snow-white breast, now 

 dipping up and down on some little island stone, now walking 

 into and disappearing under the water, now emerging and 

 crossing to the land, and now, like a Kingfisher, flying 

 straight past you up the stream; as you rise a fish, or perhaps 

 two at once, and again pass on, and look around you on 

 Netherside, or Barden Tower, or Arthington Hall, or Harewood 

 Castle, the bright sun shining above you, and the clear 

 autumnal breeze invigorating your whole frame, you will say, 

 if you have a mind for true enjoyment, 



'Flumina arnem sylvasque inglorius.' 



Seldom, however, is it that, except as a very rare relaxation, 

 I can now myself follow this and the like pursuits; 1 have 

 not forgotten, and have to remember 'From henceforth thou 

 shalt catch men.' 



