INTRODUCTION. 35 
certain Birds which are found in the warmer parts of both 
Hemispheres and which are known as Flamingoes. Many 
individuals of the species known as Phenicopterus antiquorum 
are often to be seen on the Guadalquivir River between 
Seville and the sea. This Bird is generally to be found 
in our Zoological Gardens, where its extremely long neck 
Fig. 34. 

The Little Egret (Ardea garzetia). 
and its curiously bent beak are sure to arrest the attention 
of any observant visitor not already familiar with it. They 
build their nests of mud, and each nest has the appearance 
of a small mound, about half a yard high, rising out of the 
shallow water of some marsh. There are eight different kinds 
of Flamingoes. 
This creature naturally suggests to us a number of other 
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