. Bird lore . spot. Its aquatic feats are remarkable, going into andagainst the strongest current with perfect ease, and, like a fish, seeming not totouch the water, coming out of it perfectly dry, without a shake or flutter, toswim, sink or dive and even walk or run under water in search of the food itloves to hunt for. In all clear and unpolluted streams running from the melt-ing snowbanks near the mountain peaks it is equally proficient, nor in flightis it wanting in grace or power, darting down a stream with the rapidity of aflash and again flying from the water up to and about its nest-si
. Bird lore . spot. Its aquatic feats are remarkable, going into andagainst the strongest current with perfect ease, and, like a fish, seeming not totouch the water, coming out of it perfectly dry, without a shake or flutter, toswim, sink or dive and even walk or run under water in search of the food itloves to hunt for. In all clear and unpolluted streams running from the melt-ing snowbanks near the mountain peaks it is equally proficient, nor in flightis it wanting in grace or power, darting down a stream with the rapidity of aflash and again flying from the water up to and about its nest-site, when indanger, with the ease and grace of a Hummingbird and noiselessly as an Owl. 4 Bird - Lore This bird with its aquatic agility and other characteristics offers a subject foryour notebook of much interest and instruction. Our little friend is no meansongster, either, in early spring. On sunshiny mornings in March and April,when the noisy creeks are less obtrusive, his beautiful, clear, liquid notes are. DIPPER AT ENTRANCE TO NESTPhotographed by J. Rowley, in Monterey county, California heard with rapture. Singularly sweet and enchanting is this early choral of thevernal year. Below Jimtown, on the creek, about half a mile is a ledge of rock twentyfeet high overhanging the creek. In a crevice of this ledge about three feetabove the running water, a pair of these interesting little birds construct theirnest year after year. On May 20 they have their complement of eggs, fouror five in number, pure white, pointed at one end and blunt at the other—in thiscase like the eggs of the sandpiper. Other sets do not discover this season for having their eggs differs also according to locality. The nestproper is enclosed in an outside covering not at all void of interest. Set upona flat, even base, it is oven-shaped, a little longer than broad. The nests of this The American Dipper in Colorado 5 bird differ in shape to suit the cavities in which they are placed, but
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