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tip ; the whole pkimagc being remarkably like that of a young or 

 female Petrocincla. It differs from the true Pallasii of Temminck, 

 from E. Siberia and Japan, according to Bonaparte, in being paler 

 in color, and witli the bill much more slender. 



The Indian Dipper is found throughout the Himalayas, frequent- 

 ing streams and rivers. It is not rare at Darjeeling, in the Rungnoo, 

 the Little Rungeet, but especially in the Great Rungeet river ; and 

 from 1,200 to 5,000 feet of elevation. You generally see it perched 

 on a rock, in the middle or side of a stream, or flying rapidly along 

 the course of the stream. I once surprized one in a pool of shallow 

 water in the bed of the Rungeet, which I came on suddenly, and 

 from out of which it rose, as much to my astonishment as its own. 

 I afterwards saw it on several occasions plunge into the water, both, 

 from the bank, and from a rock, and remain some time under water, 

 issuing forth at a distance from the spot where it had entered. It 

 feeds on various water-insects and larvee ; also shells, when it can 

 get them, and, it is said, the ova of fishes. It must breed very early 

 in the season, for I procured some young specimens in March and 

 April. 



348. Hydrobata cashmiriensis, Gould. 



P. Z. S., 1859, p. 494.— H. cinclus apud Adams, P. Z. S., 1858. 

 The White-breasted Cashmere Dipper. 



Descr. — Crown of head, ear-coverts, and mantle, brown, darker 

 on the upper back and wing-coverts ; lower back, and tail-coverts, 

 grey, with a dark central mark on each feather ; wings and tail 

 blackish-grey ; throat and breast white ; upper part of the abdomen 

 brown, greyish on the flanks and vent ; tarsus brown. Length 7 

 inches; wing 3| ; tail 2^; tarsus 1^; bill at front |. 



This species, which appears to be the Asiatic representative of 

 the common European Dipper (to which, indeed, it is very closely 

 allied, if distinct), is only found in the streams of the higher 

 mountain ranges of Cashmere, whence it was brought by Dr. 

 Adams. 



?>49. Hydrobata sordida, Gould. 

 P. Z. S., 1859, p. 494. 



