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Order ODONTOGLOSSZ:. 
Family PHCANICOPTERIDA. 
FLAMINGO. Phenicopterus roseus (Pallas). 
Coloured Figures.—Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. vi, pl. 410; 
Lilford, ‘Coloured Figures,’ vol. vii, pl. 19. 
This remarkable-looking bird, breeding in Southern 
Kurope, North Africa, and Asia, often migrates even in 
flocks to countries in Europe of the latitude of the British 
Isles, so that its visits are not primd facie improbable; in 
fact it should not be surprising to hear of more instances 
of its occurrence in the British Isles than have heretofore 
been recorded. One was secured in the Isle of Sheppey on 
August 16th, 1873, which may have been a specimen which 
escaped from the London Zoological Gardens on July 19th 
(Saunders). Another, an adult, was obtained in Stafford- 
shire early in September, 1881. A third was taken in 
Hampshire outside the Beauheu River, on November 26th, 
1883. 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 
PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial.—Except the wing-coverts 
which are brilliant scarlet, and the primaries which are black, 
the general tinge of the plumage is a delicate pinky-white. 
Adult female nuptial.—Simuilar in plumage to the male. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Similar to the nuptial 
plumage. 
Immature, male and female.—Only a shght trace of 
pink on the wings, which are irregularly barred with black. 
The downy nestling is greyish-white. 
Beak. Basal portion pink, distal portion black, and 
sharply bent downward. 
Fest. Rich pinkish-red. 
