TION, 



Class II. PENRITH OUZEL. 399 



IVillughby observes, though not web-footed, 

 will dart itself after them quite under water. 



Its weight is two ounces and a half; the Dkscrip- 

 length seven inches one quarter; the breadth 

 eleven ; the bill is narrow, and compressed 

 sideways ; the eyelids are white ; the head, 

 cheeks, and hind part of the neck are dusky, 

 mixed with rust color; the back, coverts of 

 the wings, and of the tail also dusky, edged 

 with bluish ash color; the throat and breast 

 white; the belly ferruginous, vent feathers a 

 deep ash color ; the legs are of a pale blue be- 

 fore, black behind; the tail short and black, 

 which it often flirts up, as it is sitting. 



Penrith Ouzel. Pennant's Tour to Alston Moor. Var. A. ? 



Penrith 



Ouzel. 



[EITHER a singular variety or a new species 

 of Water Ouzel, shot near Penrith, is thus de- 

 scribed by Mr. Pennant in his tour to Alston 

 Moor, p. 159. 



It is rather superior in size to the common 

 water-ouzel ; the head, wings, upper part of the 

 body, and tail are dusky; the chin and throat 

 white ; at the bottom of the last is a dusky bar ; 

 the breast, belly, and thighs are white, marked 



