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CINCLUS ALBICOLLIS. 



(PALE-BACKED DIPPER.) 



Hydrobata albicollis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. i. p. 219, partim (1816). 



Cinclus aquaticus, var. rufiventris et albiventris, Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. Aves, fol. bb, "Syria" 



(1828). 

 "Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst.," C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 395, "Alps of Switzerland and 



Thuringia" (1831, nee Bechst.). 

 "Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst.," Von der Miihle, Beitr. Orn. Griechenl. p. 56, " Patras and 



Rnmelia" (1844, nee Bechst.). 

 "Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst.," Lindermayer, Vog. Griechenl. p. 76, "Greece" (1860, nee 



Bechst.). 

 "\Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst.," Barb, du Bocage, Av. de Portugal, p. 82, "■Portugal" (1862, 



nee Bechst.). 

 Cinclus albicollis (Vieill.), Salvin, Ibis, 1867, p. 114, "Switzerland, Lebanon, and probably 



all the mountainous districts of the South of Europe." 

 Cinclus minor, Tristr. Ibis, 1870, p. 497, "Mount Atlas, Algeria." 

 " Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst.," Doderl. Av. Moclen. e Sicilia, p. 101, " Sicily" (1870, nee Bechst.). 



Merlo d'acqua, Merlo acquajolo, Storno d'acqua, Italian. 



Figura? notabiles. 

 Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. tav. 105 ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 1781 



6 ad. Cinclo aquatico similis, sed ubique valde pallidior, abdomine magis ferrugineo : capite supra, collo 

 postico et dorso superiore pallide brunneis : dorso postico, uropygio et tectricibus alarum superioribus 

 cinereo-schistaceis sordide nigricante bruimeo squamatis : remigibus cinereo-brunneis in pogonio 

 externo schistaceo marginatis, secundariis externis albido apicatis : abdomine superiore lsete ferrugineo, 

 abdomine imo saturate brunneo : hypocliondriis et crisso schistaceis, vix brunneo adumbratis. 



Adult Male (Switzerland) . In general plumage resembling C. aquaticus ; but the upper parts are considerably 

 lighter, the brown on the head and neck is several shades lighter and extends far on to the back ; the 

 grouud-colour of the lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts is light slate-grey, not 

 blackish slate ; this light slate-colour also pervades the wing-coverts ; quills slaty brown ; secondaries 

 margined with light slate on the outer web, some of the outer secondaries having also narrow white 

 tips ; lower part of the breast rich rusty red, this colour extending much further towards the vent than 

 in C. aquaticus; lower part of the abdomen dull dark brown; crissum and flanks slate-grey, slightly 

 marked with brown. Total length 6 - 7 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 3 - 5, tail 2*15, tarsus l - 22. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Closely resembles the young of Cinclus aquaticus. 



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