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EUROPEAN WATEROUZEL. 



(Cinclus Europaeus.) 



HUtJiisco-nigricans, genis gutture collo inferiore et pectore niveis, 

 ventre supremo Jusco rtifescente, imo rectricibusque nigricans 

 tibus. 



Dusky-brown Thrush^ with the cheeks, throat, lower part of the 

 neck and breast, snowy white ; the upper part of the breast 

 brownish red, lower part and tail-feathers dusky. 



Tardus Cinclus. Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 343, 57. 



Sturnus Cinclus. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 29O. 5. — Lin. Faun. Suec, 

 214. — Lin. Amcen. Acad. 4. 594. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 803. 



Aquatilis Cinclus. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup, Ind. 



Turdus gularis. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. xl. 1.^ 



Merula aquatica. Briss. 5. 252. IQ. 



Le Merle d'eau. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 134. ll.-^Buff. PI. 

 Enl. 940. 



Penrith Ouzel. Lath, Syn. Sup. II, 177. 2.^Mont. Orn. Diet, 



Sup.-^Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. App. 

 Water Ouzel. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 111. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 332. 



B.—^Albin, Birds. 2. 39. — Letcin, Brit. Birds. 2. 63. — Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 3. 48. 50. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 142. 50. — BemcJc. Brit. 



Birds. 2. 16. — Mont. Brit. Birds. 2. — Mont. Sup, — Mont. 



Sup, App,-^Don, Brit, Birds, 1. 24. 



This most singular bird is rather less than the 

 Blackbird : it is in length seven inches and a half : 

 the beak is three quarters of an inch in length, 

 nearly straight, and black; the upper mandible 

 slightly turned down at the tip : irides hazel : 

 upper part of the head and neck deep brown : the 

 eyelids, chin, fore-part of the neck and breast, 

 white, beneath which is a band of rufous brown : 



