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See also:OUSEL, or OUZEL , Anglo-Saxon Osle, See also:equivalent of the See also:German Amsel (a See also:form of the word found in several old See also:English books), apparently the See also:ancient name for what is now more commonly known as the See also:blackbird (q.v.), Turdus See also:merula, but at the See also:present See also:day not often applied to that See also:species, though used in a See also:compound form for birds belonging to another genus and See also:family.
The See also:water-ousel, or water-See also:crow, is now commonly named the " dipper "—a See also:term apparently invented and bestowed in the first edition of T. See also:Bewick's See also:British Birds (ii. 16, 17)--not, as is commonly supposed, from the See also:bird's See also:habit of entering the water in 'pursuit of its
See also:prey, but because "it may be seen perched on the See also:top of a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone in the midst of the torrent, in a continual dipping See also:motion, or See also:short See also:courtesy often repeated." The English dipper, Cinclus aquaticus, is the type of a small family, the Cinclidae, probably more nearly
akin to the wrens (q.v.) than to the thrushes, and with examples throughout the more temperate portions of See also:Europe and See also:Asia, as well as See also:North and See also:South See also:America. The dipper haunts rocky streams, into which it boldly enters, generally by deliberately wading, and then by the strenuous combined See also:action of its wings and feet makes its way along the bottom in quest of its living prey—fresh-water molluscs and aquatic See also:insects in their larval or mature See also:condition. Complaints of its attacks on the spawn of See also:fish have not been justified by examination of the stomachs of captured specimens. Short and squat of stature, active and restless in its movements, dusky above, with a pure See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:throat and upper See also:part of the See also:breast, to which succeeds a broad See also:band of dark See also:bay, it is a See also:familiar figure to most fishermen on the streams it frequents. The water-ousel's See also:nest is a very curious structure—outwardly resembling a See also:wren's, but built on a wholly different principle—an See also:ordinary See also:cup-shaped nest of grass lined with dead leaves, placed in some convenient See also:niche, but encased with See also:moss so as to form a large See also:mass that covers it completely except a small hole for the bird's passage. The eggs laid within are from four to seven in number, and are of a pure white. The See also:young are able to swim before they are fully fledged. (A.
End of Article: OUSEL, or OUZEL
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