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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CINCLIDiE. 97
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THE DIPPER. CiNCLUS AQUATicus, Bechstein. It may fairly be said that the Dipper, Water-Ouzel or " Water- Crow " is found in the British Islands wherever there are rapidly running rivers, or brooks rippling over rocks and stones, while, as a wanderer, it occurs on the margins of more sluggish streams ; the mouths of tidal rivers, and the sea-shore being favourite resorts in winter. Localities suitable to its habits present themselves in Corn- wall, Devon and Somerset (where the bird is known as the ' Water- Colly ' i.e., Water-Blackbird), Wales and the bordering counties, and, northwards, to Scotland, where every river or burn of any consequence is frequented by several pairs; the range extending to the Outer Hebrides, and occasionally to the Orkneys. In Ireland the species is resident in the mountainous districts and some of the lower valleys. Our Dipper is naturally of rare occurrence in the flat eastern counties of England ; but these are sometimes visited in winter by the Black-bellied Dipper, Cindus melanogaster, Brehm; a form which some naturalists consider entitled to specific rank. This has little or no chestnut colour in the breast-band, and is found in Scandinavia, and Northern Russia ; visiting Denmark, Heligo- land, Northern Germany, and Holland. After examining a considerable number of Dippers, including the fine series in the I

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