136 PH(ENIC0PTEKID.3!. 



1. Buenos Ayres, Brazil, 14tli Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(£. Gibson). 



4. Rio Grande do Snl, Brazil. 13tli Sept. Dr. von Iherincr [P.]. 



1. Argentine Republic (E. W. llldte). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Aro-entine Republic, 14tli Oct. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



{A. H. Holland). 



?,. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. II. Holland, Esq. [C. 



3. Argentine Republic, 9th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Order PHCENICOPTEEIFORMES. 



Family PHCENICOP'] ERID.E. 



The eggs of the Flamingoes are either of a narrow oval or of a 

 bieonical shape. They are white, but often assume a yellowish or 

 brownish tinge with incubation. The shell is disintegrated, chalky 

 and rough, without gloss, and frequently with a wrinkled surface. 



Genus PH(ENICOPTERUS, Una. 

 Phcenicopterus ruber, Bonn. 



Phoenicopterus ruber, Thien. Fortpjianz. gen. Vog. tab. Ixx. fig. 7, a, b, c 

 (1845-54) ; Baird, Brewer i^- Bidgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 415 

 (1884); Salvadori, CM. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 9 (1895): Shar2)e, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 205 (1899) ; von Iheritig, Bev. Mus. Paidista. iv. p. 277 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the American Flamingo appear to be inseparable 

 from those of the Common Flamingo. Three specimens measure 

 respectively : 2-36 by 2-13; 3-65 by 2-02 ; 3-28 by 2. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Held Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Savannas of British Guiana. Messrs. J. J. Quelcli & F. V. 



McConnell [P.^ 

 1. Cuba (/. .7. Audubon). Crowley Bequest. 



Phcenicopterus roseus, i'«??. 



Phcenicopterus roseus, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Tog. tab. 78. fig. 1 (1855-63) : 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 394; Dresser, Bird-: Bur. vi. p. 340 (1879) ; 



Seebohm. Brit. Birds, iii. p. 660, pi. 61 (1885) ; id. Eqris of Brit. 



Birds, p. 59, pi. 11. tig. 2 (1896) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 



p. 12 (1895) : .S/iarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 205 (1899). 

 Phcenicopterus antiquorura, Bree, Birds Eur. iv. p. 38, pi. — (1867): 



2ud ed. v. p. 37, pi. — (1876). 



The eggs of the Common Flamingo vary greatly in size. They 



