FAMILY PHCENICOPTERID.E, FLAMINGOES. 



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FAniLY PH(ENICOPTERID>E. 



Flamingoes. 



Large, tall birds, usually red or pink ; bill, very much bent, with tooth- 

 like serrations on edge. 



Wing, over 17 inches long (carpus to tip). 



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Clciionil i>lum;iii<', n'<l or iiinU : iictk :iimI li'.^s, loim; l>ill, iiiiicli Im'IiI willi tootli-IiU- -• n.i- 

 tinii- nil f(l<^t;. Pliwnicdptirits ndxr. Fiaminjco. 



See No. l.SS. 



A tVw l'l:imin;:(if- ;in' still liMinil in ••xlrrinc sunt lii-ni Kloriilii. Tin- spfi-ies is coiiiiikiii in 

 till' i>:ilKini:i Uhiliils. 



