40 THRUSH. 



Inhabits the interior parts of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 

 Levaillant met with a single one, in the Great Namaquas country, 

 which was a male. 



23.— WATER OUZEL. 



Turdus Cinclus, Ind. Orn. i. 343. Lin. i. 290. Faun. Suec. No.214. Amcen. ac. iv. 



594. Gm. Lin. i. 803. Gm. Reise, iv. p. 190. Brun. No. 230. Muller, No. 236. 



Faun. Arag. 84. Dec. Russ. i. 307. 314. Boroivsk. iii. 303. Sepp, Vog. pi. in 



p. 35. 

 Cinclus, Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 97. Id. Ed. ii. p. 176. 

 Sturnus Cinclus, Daud. ii. 306. 



Motacilla Cinclus, Scop. i. No. 223. Kramer, 374. 4. 

 Merula aquatica, Bris.v. 252. Jd.8vo.ii. 275. Klein, 68. 18. Raii, 66. A. 7. 



Will. 104. t. 24. Gerin. v. t. 490. 491. 492. 

 Merla acquajola, Cet. Uc. Sard. 1S7. Zinnan. Uov. 109. t. 19. f. 97. 

 Wasser Amsel, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 67. 

 Merle d'Eau, Buf. viii. 134. pi. 11. PI. enl. 940. 

 Water Ouzel, Gen. Syn. iii. 48. Id. Sup. 142. Br. Zool. No. 111. Id.foL 92. t. P. 



J. f. 2. Id. Ed. 1812. 1. p. 39. Graves Br. Orn. V. iii. pi. 15. Arct. Zool. ii. 

 332. B. Ornith. Brit. Tunstal, (the Frontispiece). Will. Engl. 149. pi. 24. Alb. 



ii. pi. 39. Bewick Birds, ii. pi. p. 16. Lewin Birds, ii. pi. 63. Don. Birds, pi. 



24. Wood's Zoogr. i. p. 479. Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. 



LESS than a Blackbird ; length seven inches and a half. Bill 

 ten lines long, bending rather upwards for most of its length, and a 

 little curved downwards at the tip, colour black ; irides hazel ; eyelids 

 white ; upper part of the head and neck deep brown ; the rest of 

 the parts above, the belly, vent, and tail black, but the feathers of 

 the back and wings have brownish edges ; chin, fore part of the 

 neck, and breast white ; and between that and the black, rufous 

 brown ; legs black. In young birds the belly is said to be white. 



This species is solitary, and found in various parts of Europe, and 

 not unfrequently in England ; it affects places that are full of 

 rivulets, and especially if situated between the rocks, and this for the 



