BLACK-BELLIED DIPPER. 



CINCLUS MELANOG ASTER, C. L. Brehm. 



Cinclus melanogaster, C. L. Brehm, Lehr. eur. Vog. i. p. 289 

 (1823); Naum. xiii. p. 138; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 244; 

 Dresser, ii. p. 177. 



Sturnus cinclus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 290 (1766). 



This, the common Scandinavian race of Dipper, has 

 occasionally occurred in the east of England, and is 

 reported to have been found in the Pyrenees. I pre- 

 sume that its habits are in all respects similar to those 

 of our indigenous British race, but I have no personal 

 acquaintance with it, and am not in any way disposed 

 to look upon it as a distinct species. 



