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Phoenicopteriis americanus, Wied, Erste Eeise nach Nvrd-Amer. p. 73 

 (1835) (cf. Gundl. J.f. O. I87I, p. 2^7) ; Stv. Class. B. ii. p. 364 

 (1837) ; D'Orb. in La Saf/ra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 157, t. 29 

 (1840) : Lemb. .lye.s Cuban, p. 133 (1850) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, 

 p. 432 (Cuba) ; id. J.f. O. 1871, pp. 272, 278 (Cuba). " 



Phoenicopterus ervthra;u.-i, J. ^- K Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, 

 p. 221 (type. Gabon !) ; O. R. Gr. Ibis, 1869, p. 442, pi. xiv. f. 6 

 (head) ; id. Ihmd-ligt, iii. p. 72, n. 10545 (1871). 



Phoenicopterus glyphoihynclius, G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1869, pp. 439, 442, 

 pi. xiv. f. 5 (head, Galapagos) ; id. Hand-list, iii. p. 72, n. 10546 

 (1871) ; Salv. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 498 (1875) (= Ph. ruber, Z.) ; 

 Gieb. TJies. Orn. iii. p. 108 (1877) ; A. Newt. Diet, of B. pt. i. 

 p. 257(1893). 



I'hcenicopterus (Phcenicorodias) ruber, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. 

 p. 72, n. 10550 (1871). 



Flamingo, Daricin, Natural. Voy. new ed. p. QQ (1882) (Gala- 

 pagos). 



':" Phoenicopterus ignipalliatus s. ruber ?, Berl.J.f. 0. 1892, p. 104 

 (Curacao) ; E. Peters, ibid. p. 122. 



Phoenicopterus sp., Hartert, Ibis, 1893, p. 307 (Aruba), p. 335 

 (Bonaire). 



Adult. General plumage light vermilion, lighter on the scapulars, 

 more intense on the wings ; primaries, secondaries, and primary- 

 coverts black ; axillaries bright red : bill yellowish with the 

 terminal third black ; irides brown ; feet and legs lake-red. Total 

 length about 42-48 inches, wing 15-16, tail 6, culmen 5-2, tarsus 

 12-14-5. 



Young. Greyish white, with mesial dusky lines on the back and 

 wings ; the greater coverts broadly tipped with brown-black. 



Downy young. " Greyish white, becoming nearly pure white on 

 forehead, cheeks, median line of back, whole rump, and median 

 underparts : bill pale brownish, dusky terminally, naked lores 

 dusky ; legs and feet brownish black ; bill nearly straight "' (Eidg- 

 way). 



Bab. Tropical and subtropical sea-coasts, from Florida Keys and 

 coast of Gulf States to Xorthern South America, as far south as 

 Para and Galapagos Islands. 



The type of P/t. erytJn-aus no doubt belongs to this species ; it 

 has evident signs of having been kept in captivity, and one of the 

 tarsi was amputated while the bird was alive. The locality Gaboon, 

 attributed to this bii'd, is evidently wrong. 



a. Ad. St. No lociility. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Inagua, Bahamius {Maynard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (?. Juv. sk. Northern Yucatan (Z^. C. J! Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Devis) 



d. Ad. sk. Galapagos {Kellett ^- Wood). Pandora Exped. 



(Type of P/i. ylyphorhynrhus, Gray.) 



e. Ad. sk. [Gaboon.] Purchased. 



(Type of PA. eryt/iruus, Verr.) 



