THE WATER-OUZEL 



CHAPTER XXV 



The Water-Ouzel ; Nest ; Singular Habils ; Food ; Song of— Kingfisher ; Rare Visits 

 of; Manner of Fishing — Terns : Quickness in Fishing ; Nests of 



For several years a pair of those singular little birds the water- 

 ouzel ^ have built their nest and reared their young on a buttress 

 of a bridge across what is called the Black burn, near Dalvey. 



' Common in most Highland burns ; in winter descending nearer the sea oh the rivers 

 and burns. Feeds on fish spawn and small aquatic beetles, etc., which it catches by 

 turning over the pebbles under the water. It sings sweetly during the coldest days in the 

 depth of winter, sometimes while floating on the surface of the water. It dives with great 

 facility when in search of food. — C, St. J. 



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