THE DIPPER, OE WATER OUZEL. 



Cinclus aquations. 



HOST lovers of nature who have 

 quietly followed for any dis- 

 tance the course of one of our 

 mountain streams must have 

 heard the lively "chit, chit" 

 of the Dipper, and seen them 

 hopping 1 from stone to stone, 

 often in the centre of the 

 stream, showing their white 

 breasts and jerking their short 

 spread tails, to fly off when dis- 

 turbed, straight and rapidly, 

 close to the water's edge. For 

 this shy and retiring bird is 

 pretty generally found in our 

 country, in those districts 



l| in which rapid streams and 

 rivers form a part of the geo- 

 graphical characteristics. In 

 warm weather the bird prefers 

 the higher portions of water- 

 courses, but when the cold is 

 very severe, it follows the 

 courses of rivers and brooks 



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