186 MERULIDA. 
a lighter greyish black; chin, neck, and upper part of the 
breast, pure white ; lower part of the breast chesnut brown; 
legs, toes, and claws, brown. Females resemble the males. 
The whole length of the specimen described measured 
seven inches and one quarter. From the carpal joint to 
the end of the wing, three inches and three-eighths; the 
first wing-feather less than half the length of the second, 
which is equal in length to the third ; and both the second 
and third longer than the fourth. 
The young bird in its first plumage has the whole of the 
upper parts dull greyish brown; the wing-coverts and 
tertials tipped with greyish white; the chin white; the 
feathers of the front of the neck and breast pale buff tipped 
with brown ; belly, sides, and vent, grey, with darker lines. 
The Penrith Ouzle of Pennant’s British Zoology appears 
to be a young bird of the common Dipper in its first year. 
The vignette below represents a nest of the Dipper, for 
which I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. D. Salmon 
of Thetford, who received it from Yorkshire. 
QAO SVs CS 
We SASS 
