AMERICAN, OR RED FLAMINGO. 



(Phanicopterus rulcTj Lin. Wilson, viii. p. 45. pi. 66. fig. 4. [adult.] 

 and BoNAP. Am. Orn. iii. [young.] Phil. Museum, No. 3545, 

 [young of the year,] No. 3546, [of the 2d year.] ) 



Sp. CnARACT. — Red, quills black. — Young, grayish- white,* 



The Flamingo of America is found chiefly in the tropical 

 regions, from whence it appears to emigrate in summer, on 

 either side the equator ; in the southern hemisphere, visiting 



* The transatlantic species is thus distinguished by Temminck, 



Pk(emcopterus antiquorum. Rose color j wings, red j quills, black. — Fewn^ whitish, 

 with strongly marked long brownish blotches. Le Phanicoptere, Buffow, 

 PI. Enlum, 63, [adult.] 



This species inhabits the warm regions of the old continent, migrating in sum- 

 mer to southern, and occasionally to central Europe, and is rare. 



