Plate CCCLXX. Adult. Plate CCCCXXXV. Young.
Head and neck chocolate-brown, upper parts very deep bluish-grey,
lower somewhat lighter, and tinged anteriorly with brown. Young with
the upper parts deep bluish-grey, the head and hind neck slightly
tinged with brown; lower parts lighter, the feathers margined with
whitish, the throat with a slight tinge of brown.
_Male_, 7-1/2, 10-1/2.
Rocky Mountains. Oregon Territory. North California. Not abundant.
Cinclus Pallasii, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 173.
Cinclus Americanus, American Dipper, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 173.
Black Water-Ouzel or Dipper, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 358.
American Dipper, Cinclus Americanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p.
493; v. v. p. 303.
GENUS II. ORPHEUS, Swains. MOCKING-BIRD.
Bill of moderate length or longish, rather slender, straight or
slightly arched, broader than high at the base, compressed toward the
end, acute; upper mandible with the ridge rather narrow, the sides
convex toward the end, the notches very slight, the tip narrow; lower
mandible with the angle of moderate length, the dorsal line straight
or slightly decurved toward the end, the sides nearly erect, the tip
narrow. Nostrils oblong, partially concealed by the feathers. Head of
ordinary size, ovato-oblong; neck of moderate length; body rather
slender. Feet of ordinary length, slender; tarsus scarcely so long as
the middle toe and claw; hind toe of moderate length, stout, lateral
toes equal; claws moderate, arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft
and blended. Bristles rather long. Wings of ordinary length, broad,
rounded, the first quill very small, the fourth and fifth longest.
Tail very long, straight, much rounded, or graduated.