20 PHffiNICOPTERIDiE. 



Phcenicopterus, sp., E. Neict. Ibis, 1863, p. 459 (Madagascar); 



Schleff. ^ Poll. Heck. Faun. Madag. ii. p. 114 (1808). 

 Phcenicopterus roseus, part., Jerd. B. of Ind. iii. p. 775, n. 944 



(1864) (India). 

 Phcenicopterus rubidus, Feild. Ibis, 1868, p. 496 (Secunderabad) ; 



Jerd. Ibis, 1869, p. 230 (= minor); Hume, ibid. -p. 355 ( = minor); 



A. Newt. ibid, (note, diflerent from minor) ; G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1869, 



pp. 440, 442, pi. xiii. f . 3 (head) ; Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 220 ; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 109 (1877) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 52 (1889) ; 



A. Newt. Diet, of B. p. 257 (pt. 1, 1893). 

 Phcenicopterus (Phcsniconaias) minor, G. R, Gr. Ibis, 1869, p. 442 ; 



id. Hand-list, iiT p. 72, n. 10549 (1871). 

 Phcenicopterus (Phceniconaias) rubidus, G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1869, p. 442 ; 



id. Hand-list, iii. p. 72, n. 10548 (1871). 



Adult male. General plumage pink ; round the base of the bill 

 the feathers are tinged with crimson ; in very old birds the feathers 

 of the back and breast have mesial crimson streaks ; also some of 

 the longer scapulars are crimson ; median wing-coverts bright 

 crimson, edged with pink-white ; greater wing-coverts, primary- 

 coverts, and marginal under wing-coverts rosy ; axillaries crimson ; 

 quills and greater under wing-coverts black ; under tail-coverts 

 tinged with crimson towards the tip and edged with rosy ; tail 

 rosy, brighter on the outer web of the feathers : " iris red minium ; 

 bill dark lake-red [with the tip black] ; feet red " {Antlnori). 

 Total length about 36 inches, wing 13'25, tail 5, culmen 4, 

 tarsus 8-75-7"5. 



Female. Similar to the male, but less bright, and without the 

 crimson mesial stripes on the back, breast, and scapulars. 



Young in moulting dress. Paler than the adults ; general plumage 

 pale rosy white ; wing-coverts pink : " iris red or yellow ; bill lake- 

 red ; feet rosy or coral-red " (Antinori). 



Young in first plumage. Whitish, with a slight rosy tinge ; neck 

 greyish ; wing-coverts whitish, more or less tinged with pale brown, 

 especially the smaller ones, and the greater ones towards the tip, 

 all with narrow mesial brown stripes ; primarj'-coverts rosy white, 

 brown at the tip ; quills brown ; tertials brown, edged with whitish ; 

 under wing-coverts whitish, tinged with brown ; tail whitish, edged 

 with brown on the outer web of the feathers : " iris reddish ; bill 

 dull lead-colour ; feet plumbeous " {Antinori). 



The brightest birds from India with mesial crimson stripes on the 

 back and wings are dated May. 



Hah. Southern Africa, north to Shoa and Abyssinia on the east, 

 to Senegal (?) on the west ; Madagascar ; and North-western 

 India. 



a. Ad. St. Africa. J. Goidd, Esq. [P.], 



b. Ad. sk. Lake Elmetaita, E. Africa, Dr. J. W. Gregory 



5880 feet. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Deccan {H. W. Feilden). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type oi Phwnicopterus rubidus, FeUd.) 

 d-e'. S $ ad., imm., Sambhur Lake, Oct., Nov., Hume Coll. 

 etjuv.sk. Dec, Jan., May {R. M. 



Adani). , 



