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WATER-OUZEL. Crass Il. 
irr. Water- Merula aquatica. Ge/zer av. Povodni Kofs.: Scopoli, No. 223. 
OuZEL. 
NeEsT. 
DeEscrRiP. 
608. Le Merle d’eau. Brifén av. v. 
Lerlichirollo. <Aldr. av. 25 Ze 
Iil. 186. Merlo aquatico. Zizan. 109. 
_ Water-craw. Turzer. Norvegis, Foffe Fald, Foffe Kald, 
The Water-Ouzel, or Wa- Quern Kald, Stroem-Ster, 
ter-Crake. Wil. orn. 149. Bekke Eugl. Bruanich. 230- 
Raii fyn. av. 66. Waffer-amfel, Bach-amfel. Kra. 
Sturnus cinclus. Liz. /yf. 374. , 
290. Br. Zool. 92. plate. P. 1. f. z- 
Watnitare. Faun. Suec. fp. 
214. 
HIS bird frequents {mall brooks, ‘particularly 
thofe with fteep banks, or that run through a 
rocky country. It is of a very retired nature, and 
never feen but fingle, or with its mate. It breeds in 
holes in the banks, and lays five white eggs adorn- 
ed with a fine blufh of red. It feeds on infects and 
{mall fifh; and as Mr. Willughby obferves, though 
not web-footed, will dart itfelf after them quite 
under water. The neft is conftructed in a curious 
manner, of hay and fibres of roots, and lined with 
dead oak leaves, having a portico, or grand en- 
trance made with green mofs. 
Its weight is two ounces and a half: the leneth 
feven inches one quarter: the breadth eleven: the 
bill is narrow, and comprefied fideways : the eye- 
lids are white: the head, cheeks, and hind part 
of 
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