196 PH@NICOPTERID. 
Order PHCENICOPTERIT. 
Fam. PH@NICOPTERIDE. 
The Flamingoes are easily recognized by their external appearance, which would 
at first sight suggest an affinity with the Herons and Storks; they have, however, 
a greater structural resemblance to the Anseres. But the peculiar form of the bill 
and other anatomical characters mark them as a separate group, and they are best 
placed as an intermediate Order between the Storks and the Ducks. ‘There are 
three genera recognized by Count Salvadori, of which Phenicopterus is found in both 
hemispheres, Pheniconaias in Africa and India, while Phenicoparrus is confined to 
South America. 
PHGNICOPTERUS. 
Phenicopterus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 230 (1766) ; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 9 (1895). 
The characters of the genus may be briefly summed up as equivalent to those of the 
family. One species only is found within our limits. 
1. Phenicopterus ruber. 
Phenicopterus ruber, Bonn. Enc. Méth. i. p. 162*; Boucard, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 458°; Baird, Brewer, 
& Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 415°; Stone, Pr. Acad. Philad. 1890, p. 203°; 
A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer Birds, 2nd ed. p. 66°; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. 
p. 9°. 
Scarlatino- vel miniato-ruber, alis et hypochondriis letioribus magis coccineis, remigibus nigris: rostro auran- 
tiaco, ad basin pallide flavo; loris nudis flavis; pedibus coccineis; iride cyanea. Long. tota circa 43:0, 
ale 15°5, caude 6°0, culm. 5:2, tarsi 13-0. (Descr. maris adulti ex Inagua, Bahamas. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norru America, Southern Florida ?®.—Mexico, Rio Lagartos, Yucatan (Gaumer °), 
‘coast of Yucatan (Stone & Baker *), Northern Yucatan (Devis*®).—SoutH AMERICA 
to the Galapagos Is. and Para®; Banana Is. 
The Rosy Flamingo occurs in large flocks in Southern Florida, and has been observed 
in Yucatan and in the Bahama Islands. The nest is made of mud, slightly raised above 
the level of the water. The eggs are chalky white, two in number, and of a peculiar 
elongated form. 
