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seum a fine specimeu of the undoubted P. minor, Vieill., figured 

 by Temminck (PI. Col. 419) as from India. It was procured at 

 Jhujjur, near Delhi, and lived for some years in the gardens 

 there. It corresponds pretty nearly, both in colour and dimen- 

 sions, with the Flamingo procured by Capt. Feilden, who, how- 

 ever does not mention the peculiar structure of the bill, which 

 diff'ers remarkably from that of P. roseus. In the presumed P. 

 minor the upper edge of the lower mandible, instead of running 

 nearly parallel with the upper mandible, as in P. roseus, rises 

 somewhat abruptly to the angle where the bill is deflected, and is 

 there quite on a level with, or almost exceeds, the upper mandible; 

 and from this point it rutis down to the tip, parallel with the 

 upper mandible, which is little more than a lid to it, being quite 

 depressed and shallow. The colour of the bill of the Delhi bird 

 (which had been stufi'ed for nearly a month before I saw it) was 

 very deep red, with a bright red spot on the lower mandible near 

 the tip, which is black, very closely indeed resembling the co- 

 lour of the bill as depicted by Temminck, who also marks the 

 peculiar structure of the bill. 



The colours of the Delhi bird correspond exactly with Capt. 

 Feilden's description, except in one point. It is of a beautiful 

 pale rosy colour, darker at the base of the lower mandible, the 

 wing-coverts beautiful deep rosy, the feathers edged with whitish, 

 and the lower tail-coverts darker rosy, and lengthened, exceeding 

 (in this example) the tail ; but the uppe)' tail-coverts are not 

 darker rose-colour, as is stated by Capt. Feilden of his bird, 

 perhaps by a lapsus pennce. The dimensions of the stuffed bird 

 are as follows: — Length about 39 inches j wing 12'5; tail 4; 

 tarsus 7'5 ; middle toe 2" 75. 



This is doubtless the small Flamingo mentioned by me, in my 

 ' Catalogue of the Birds of the Peninsula of India' (No. 374), 

 so long ago as 1840, as occasionally occurring near Jaulna (in 

 the same district as Secunderabad), of which many shikarees in 

 the upper provinces have frequently told me. Mr. Hume, to 

 whom I had sent, previously to seeing the last number of ' The 

 Ibis,' a short notice of the Delhi bird for publication in his 

 forthcoming work, informs me that a correspondent of his has 

 lately assured him of the occasional occurrence of a small Fla- 



