393 



WATER-OUZEL. 



Class II. 



2. Water- Turdus Cinclus. T. fusco-ni- 

 Uuzel. gricans, genis gutture collo 



inferiore et pectore niveis, 

 ventre supremo fusco-rufe- 

 scente, imo rectricibusque 

 nigricantibus. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 343. id. Syn. iii. 48. 

 id. Sup. i. 142. 



Merula aquatica. Gesner av. 

 608. 



Lerlichirollo. Aldr. av. iii. 

 186. 



Water-craw. Turner. 



The Water-Ouzel, or Water- 

 Crake. Wil. orn. 14g. 



Rail Syn. av. 66. 



Sturnus Cinclus. Gm. Lin. 

 803. 



Watnstare. Faun. Suec. sp. 



214. 

 Povodni Koss. Scopoli, No. 



223. 

 Le Merle d'eau. Brisson av. v. 



252. Hist, d'ois. viii. 134. 



PL Enl. 940. 

 Merlo aquatico. Zinan. IO9. 

 Norvegis, Fosse Fald, Fosse 



Kald, Quaern Kald, Stroem- 



Staer, Baskke Eugl. Brun- 



nich. 230. 

 Wasser-amsel, Bach-amsel. 



Era. 374. 

 Br. Zool. 92. plate. P. 1. f. 



2. Arct. Zool. ii. 13. 



Nest. 



XHIS bird frequents small brooks, particu- 

 larly those with steep banks, or that run through 

 a rocky country. It is of a very retired nature, 

 and never seen but single, or with its mate. It 

 breeds in holes in the banks, and lays five 

 white transparent eggs adorned with a fine 

 blush of red. The nest is constructed in a 

 curious manner, of hay and fibres of roots, and 

 lined with dead oak leaves, having a portico, or 

 grand entrance made with green moss. It 

 feeds on insects and small fish; and as Mr. 



