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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.