S9S 



WATER-OUZEL. 



Class II. 



2. Water- 

 Ouzel. 



Turdus Cinclus. T. fusco-ni- 

 gricans, genis gutture coUo 

 inferiore et pectore niveis, 

 ventre supremo fusco-rufe- 

 scente, imo rectricibusque 

 nigricantlbus. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 343: id. Sijn. iii. 48. 

 id. Sup. i. 142. 



Merula aquatica. Gesner av. 

 608. 



Lerlichirollo. Aldr. av. iii. 

 186. 



Water-craw. Turner. 



The Water-Ouzel, or Water- 

 Crake. IFil. orn. lig. 



JRaii Syn. av. QQ. 



Sturnus Cinclus. Gvi. Lin, 

 803. 



Watnstare. Faun. Suec. sp. 



214. 

 Povodni Koss. Scopoli, No. 



223. 

 Le Merle d'eau. Brisson av. v. 



252. Hist, d^ois. viii. 134- 



Pl. Enl. 940. 

 Merlo aquatico. Zhian. lOp. 

 Norvegis, Fosse Fald, Fosse 



Kald, Ouaern Kald, Stroem- 



Stsr, Baskke Eugl. Briai' 



nich. 230. 

 Wasser-amsel, Bach-amsel. 



Kra. 374. 

 Br. Zool. 92. plate. P. 1. f. 



2. Arct. Zool. ii. 13. 



Nest. 



XHIS bird frequents small brooks, particu- 

 larly those with steep banks, or that run through 

 a rocky country. It is of a very retired nature, 

 and never seen but single, or with its mate. It 

 breeds in holes in the banks, and lays five 

 white transparent eggs adorned with a fine 

 blush of red. The nest is constructed in a 

 curious manner, of hay and fibres of roots, and 

 lined with dead oak leaves, having a portico, or 

 grand entrance made with green moss. It 

 feeds on insects and small fish; and as Mr. 



