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BOMBAY, 1891. 



[Vol. VI. 



NESTING IN WESTERN INDIA. 



By Lieut. H. E. Barnes, F.Z.S. 



{Continued /torn page 153, Vol. VI) 



With a Plate, 



944.— THE FLAMINGO. 

 Phcenicqpterus antiquorum, Lath. 



The Flamingo is very common in Sind ; it is not uncommon near 

 Bombay, and occurs as far South as Ratnagiri. 



I do not think that any of them breed in India, but as Mr. Hume 

 remarks, speaking of the Salt Lake at Sambhur, they have an untidy 

 habit of dropping their eggs about before leaving the lake for their 

 breeding haunts. 



They breed in great numbers at the head of the Persian Gulf, and 

 there is (or was) a splendid series of their eggs, obtained from thence, 

 in the Frere Hall Museum, Karachi. 



The eggs in my collection are moderately long ovals in sbapc 

 somewhat pointed at both ends, and measure 3*64 inches in length by 

 2-28 in breadth. 

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