(Cinclus aquaticus of Gould) has a white bodice, and the other a black one, the bird being called therefore, in ugly Greek, 'Melanogaster,'. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
An excellent example of how a limited group of species has been able to maintain itself by adaptation to one of these "vacant places" in nature, is afforded by the curious little birds called dippers or water-ouzels, forming the genus Cinclus and the family Cinclidae of naturalists. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Species -- Cinclus. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
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