Field notes, v582
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DeMay, J. S. 1942 Anclus mexicanus Water Ouzel May 28. Cedar Grove, Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno C., Caly. (cont.) Soon it came out on another rock, and walked back into the water. There it dived head first, like a duck, and came up a foot or two away, dipping its head again. It walked along the bank, dived again, and came up on the downstream side of a rock, seeming to be swimming against the stream of water to keep its position. Then it walked out on another rock, dipped a few times, and flew to the crevice under the falls. It came out again at once, and flew away downstream. All of this took only 2 or 3 minutes. The bird was not seen again for 25 minutes, when it returned upstream with something flesh-colored in its bill, and entered the crevise. After a minute or so, it came out, flew across the falls to a rock, walked through the small stream of water flowing over it, bobbed a few times, ran up the rock, and flew off upstream. Ten minutes later, it returned to crevice, entered, came out at once, and flew off downstream.