l6 BRITISH BIRDS* 
WATER OUZEL. 
WATER CROW, DIPPER, OR WATER PIOT. 
[Sturnus Cinclus, Lin . — Le Merle d^Eau^ BufF.) 
The length of the Water Ouzel is about feven 
inches and a half from the point of the beak to the 
end of its tail, which is very fhort, and gives the 
bird a thick and ftumpy appearance. The mouth 
is wide ; the bill black, about three quarters of an 
inch long ; the upper mandible rather hollow in 
the middle, and bent a little downwards at the 
point ; the eye-lids are white, and the irides hazel. 
The upper parts of the head and of the neck are 
deepifh rufty brown ; the back, rump, fcapulars, 
wing coverts, belly, vent, and tail are black ; but 
each feather on thefe parts is diftindly edged with 
a hoary grey colour. The breaft, fore part of the 
