THE reh Fr.A:\nNGO and the jabieu.* 



The remarkable figure and proj)ovtioiis of the Flamiugo at uuce indicate its fiosition 

 among the wading birds. The neck is slender and of great length, equalling conmiouly 

 that of the feet, which arc about two feet. ATilh a bodj' less than that of a common goose, 

 slender and tapering, it is thus adapted to wade through shallows and morasses with 



Pliu,-iucopUiu>^ Kiibov. — Liiiij. 



