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Plate XI. 



Fig. 3. Basal view of the skull of an American Flamingo. [P. riil>er.) Nat- 

 ural size, from a photograph by the author. Spec. No. 18,494. Coll. U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. Mandible removed. 



Fig. 4. Superior view of the mandible of American Flamingo. Photograph by 

 the author. Natural size. From the same specimen shown in PI. IX, Fig. i, and in 

 Fig. 3 of this Plate. 



Plate XII. 



Fig. 5. Right lateral view of the four coossified dorsal vertebrae of the skeleton 

 of the American Flamingo, as well as the same view of the last free dorsal vertebra. 

 [P. ruber.) Natural size. 



Fig. 6. Same view of the three (3) coossified dorsal vertebrae of Grus Ameri- 

 cana (?) (Marked incorrectly Griis canadensis. No. 820 Coll. U. S. National Mu- 

 seum, Washington, D. C. ) Both figures from photograph by the author. Natural 

 size. 



Plate XIII. 



Fig. 7. Dorsal view of the pelvis of the American Flamingo. ( P. ntber. ) Nat- 

 ural size, adult. (Photograph by the author). Spec. No. 18,494. Coll. U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Plate XIV. 



Fig. 8. Anterior view of the right coracoid of a Flamingo. (Z'. ruber.) No. 

 18,494. U. S. National Museum. Natural size. 



Fig. 9. Antero-oblique view of the furculum of the same specimen. 



Hg. 10. Anterior view of the left femur of the same specimen. 



Fig. II. Subdirect ventral view of the sternum of the same specimen. All figures 

 are of natural size, and from photographs made by the author direct from the specimens. 



