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Show Uses Wings in Water The water ouzel, or dipper, as it Is commonly called, is a bird that uses Its wings under water in exactly ex-actly the same manner as when flying fly-ing through the air. The birds are much like the thrush and walk along the bottom of streams in search of food. While they are thus submerged, they must make constant use of their wings to keep down, for their bodies are so light that they would immediately come to the top otherwise. When they do come to the surface the water rolls from their feathers and they sre perfectly dry. They are not web-Tooted, web-Tooted, but they swim on the surface sur-face with perfect ease. |