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The European water ousel, or dipper.

The European buffalo.

The European coot.

coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.

A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.

A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.

A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

ecies of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.

Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.

pecies of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.

An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet- shaped leaves.

An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets…

The European water ousel.

ssing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man." Judg. xix. 17. Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum lantana) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers. -- American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the (Viburnum lantanoides).

The common European sandpiper.

The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.

A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmæus) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.

A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat…

The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]