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BIRD-LIFE IN WESTERN CANADA 



Nest of Dipper 

 " Inla'rock Hssure, overhanging the rushing waters " 



the pebbly note of the Dipper penetrated the thunder of the 

 waters sharply and clearly. A strange, plump little figure 

 he was, bobbing on a rock, barely above the turmoil of foam, 

 his white-marked eyelid flashing with each wink. 



The young were fed on insects, doubtless larva? gathered 

 from the bottom of a tributary brook, up which the birds 

 flew for a fresh supply. They never crossed the land, but 



followed 



with the whirring wings of bumblebee-like 



flight, 



