106 ClNCLlDyE. 



Cinclus cinclus. Black-bellied Dipper. 



Sturnus cinclus Linncms, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 168 : 



Sweden. 



Cinclus cinclus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. vi. 1881, 



p. 311. 

 Cinclus melanogaster Brehm ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 24. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eare Visitor. It has 

 been recorded from the Shetland Islands, Yorkshire, Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire. 



General Distribution. — The Black-bellied Dipper breeds in 

 Scandinavia, northern Russia, the Russian Baltic Provinces, 

 and apparently in East Prussia. In winter some wander to 

 north-eastern Germany and eastern Russia. 



Cinclus cinclus britannicus. 



British Dipper. 



Cinclus cinclus britannicus Tschusi, Orn. Jahr. xiii. 

 1902, p. 69 : Great Britain. 



Cinclus aquaticus Bechst. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. 1881, 

 p. 807 (part.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 23 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 97. 



Britanmcus ^British. 



Distribution. — Eesideut in the hill-country of England and 

 Wales from Cornwall northwards ; more generally dis- 

 tributed in Scotland, and occurring in the Outer Hebrides. It 

 is confined, so far as is known, to Great Britain. 



Cinclus cinclus hibernicus. 



Irish Dipper. 



Cinclus cinclus hibernicus Hartert, V6g. pal. Faun. i. 

 1910, p. 790 : CO. Cork. 



Distribution. — Resident. An endemic Irish subspecies, 

 widely distributed. 



Bibeminut = Irish. 



