258 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
description of throne, with her legs hanging down on each side. 
The young ones run about very soon after they are hatched, but it is 
some time before they are able to fly—not, indeed, until they are 
clothed with their full plumage. At two years old they assume the 
-more brilliant colours of the adult bird. 
Fig. 95.—Flamingoes. 
The Flamingo is found in all the warm and temperate regions of 
the globe. On certain islands off the American continent they exist 
in such numbers that navigators have given them the name of the 
Flamingo Islands. In the Old World they are found spread over a 
region below the fortieth degree of latitude, principally in Egypt and 
the Nile tributaries ; during the summer they seek a cooler climate, 
and they are then seen in numerous flocks on the southern coasts 
of France. The height of these magnificent birds reaches to about 
