1. PUCENXCOPTERPS. 15 



N.O.-Afr. ii. 2, p. 1-267 (1873); Wriyht, Ibis, 1874, p. 227 



(Sicily, Malta) ; ? Rchnic. J.f. O. 1874, p. 374 (Gaboon) ; Borage, 



J.f. O. 1876, p. 29o; Jichmv. J.f. O. 1877, p. 228 (subspecies) ; 



Dress. B. of Eur. vi. f. 349 (1879) ( = roseus) ; Gtf/l. Idis, 1881, 



p. 213 (Caofliari); Boc. Orn. Ang. p. 489(Angola) (1881); Sharpe, 



Lagard's B. South Afr. p. 744 (1884) ; Salvad. El. Ucc. Ital. 



p. 250 (188tJ) ; Koenig, J.f O. 1888, p. 285, 1893, p. 95 (Tunis) ; 



A. Newt. Diet, of B. pt. i. p. 257 (1893). 

 Phoenicopterus platjrhynchus, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 298 (1855) ; id. 



Naumannia, 1855, p. 290. 

 ? Phoenicopterus minor, Brehm (nee Geoffr.) Vogelf p. 298 (1855) ; 



id. Naumannia, 1855, p. 290. 

 ? Phoenicopterus pygmseus, Brehm, fide Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 993 



(1856). *^ 



Phoenicopterus roseus, /3. erythrseus, Bias. List B. of Eur. n. 330/3 



(1862). 

 Flamingo, Barnes s E.xplor. in South-west Afr. frontispiece (1864) ; 



Clark, Ibis, 1870, pp. 439-442 (S. of France); Chajnn. Ibis, 



1884, pp. 71-72, 88-89, pi. iv. (Guadalquivir). 

 Phoenicopterus antiquorum, var., G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1869, p. 442 (India, 



Ceylon), var. (Cape of Good Hope). 

 Phoenicopterus erithacus (errore?), Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 342 



(Sardinia). 

 Phoenicopterus andersoni, Brooks, Pr. A. S. B. 1875, pp. 17-48 



(Fu_ttehgurh, N.W. Prov. of India) ; Ifume, Str. Feath. iii. p. 414 



(1875) ( = antiquorum, juv.). 

 Phoenicopterus roseus, /3, var. parva, Severtz. J.f. O. 1875, p. 184 



(= roseus. Pall., cf. Pleske, Rev. Turk. Oriiis, p. 53). 



Adult male. General plumage rosy white ; tail rather more of a 

 rosy-red tinge ; upper and under wing-coverts and axiUaries bright 

 scarlet ; quills black, tertials rosj- ; iris pale lemon-yellow ; bare 

 skin next the eye and base of bill flesh-pink ; terminal portion of 

 the bill and edges of the mandible black ; legs and feet pinkish red. 

 Total length about 44 to 53 inches, wing 17, tail 7, culmen 5-6, 

 tarsus 13, bare portion of the tibia 9. 



Female. Resembles the male, but is rather smaller in size. 



Young. Head, neck, and underparts whitish, slightly tinged with 

 buff, especially on the upper neck ; back ashy brown, with dark 

 mesial lines on the feathers ; wing-coverts like the back, the larger 

 coverts almost entirely brown ; axiUaries pale pink ; base of the 

 bill dull pinkish ; legs dull plumbeous. 



Young in down. Whitish, tinged with grey on the upper parts ; 

 the bill is quite straight. 



Hah. From the basin of the Mediterranean to Lake Baikal ; the 

 whole of Africa, India, and Ceylon. 



a. Ad. St. Europe. Gen. T. Hardwicke 



[P.]. 



b. Ad. St. Europe. Purchased. 



c. d. Ad. et juv. 8t. Purchased. 

 e. Juv. St. Zool. Soc. 



/. Ad. sk. Marshes of vSeville. The Comte de Paris 



[P.]. 

 g, h. Ad. St. Guadalquivir. Lord Lilford [P.], 



