PHCENICOPTEEUS ANTIQrOKril O 



Phoenicopterus andersoni, Brooks, P. A. S. B. 1875, pp. 17-48 (Futteh- 

 gurh) ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 414. 



Le Flammant Eose, Magand dWubusson in ' Le Naturaliste ' (2), xx, 

 pp. 191-192. 206-20S (1906). 



Description. Adult Male.— Whole plumage, with the exceptions noted, 

 a beautiful rosy-white, the rose-colour much more developed on the tail and 

 rather more on the head and neck ; primary-coverts nearly or quite white, 

 other wing-coverts and innermost secondaries light rose-red : primaries and 

 outer secondaries black ; uzider wing-coverts and axillaries scarlet ; under 

 median and primary-coverts black. 



Colours of soft parts.— Orbital skin flesh -pink to bright red ; irides 

 lemon-yellow, pale yellow, or pale golden-yellow {Jerdon) ; bill bright flesh- 

 coloured, edge of mandible and terminal portion of bill black ; legs and feet 

 pinkish-red, claws black. 



Measurements.— Length varies from 44 to 53 inches, wing 15' 15 to 17'5, 

 tail 6 to 7'5, tarsus about 13, bare part of the tibia 9, culmen 5'5 to 6"4, 

 depth (of bill) at centre I'o. {Legge, B. of Ceylon) 



remale. — Similar to the male, the rose-colour on head, neck and back 

 often less pronounced, but not always so. Length from 38 to 48 inches, 

 wing 14'3 to 15'8, tail 5'5 to 6'8, tarsus about 10'5 to 11'5, bare tibia 

 about 7, culmen 4'75 to 5'6. 



Young^. — Head, neck and lower plumage white, more or less tinged w-ith 

 rosy-buff ; back and wing-coverts ashy-buff, with dark shaft-stripes ; the 

 greater coverts more brown, but with pale tips soon wearing off ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries pale-pink ; bill more dull than in adults ; legs 

 dark-plumbeous. 



Nestling. — White down, more or less tinged with grey, especially on the 

 upper parts ; down in texture like that on a young swan (Dresser). In the 

 nestling the bill is perfectly straight, but soon assumes the normal shape. 



Distribution. — Southern Europe (practically confined to the coast- 

 line), Asia on the east and south-east, and the whole of Africa. 



In India the Flamingo is found more or less throughout the 

 continent, but I can find no record of its ever extending to Burma, 

 and in Hume's collection there are none from the east of Bengal or 

 Assam, though from the latter place there is in the British Museum 

 collection one skin marked "x. Juv. sk. Assam," obtained by 

 McClelland. It is very common on the major part of the west coast, 

 and extends quite down to Ceylon, where Legge states that it is seen 

 in large numbers, both on the west and east coast. Thence it extends 

 northwards, and is common in certain parts of Madras, but in Eastern 



