PHENICOPTERUS MINOR. 745 
voices may be heard throughout the night. The favourite resorts of 
these birds are shallows partially left dry by the ebbing tide ; here 
they industriously search for the small crustacea, marine animalcula, 
and sea-grasses which constitute their food. The Flamingo is 
strictly a wading bird, but on rare occasions will make use of its 
webbed feet by resorting to deep water, evidently for the sake of 
the fun of the thing.” A specimen has been procured by Senor 
Anchieta at Mossamedes. 
General colour, pure white; the wings black and crimson; base 
of the bill crimson; the tip black; legs lhight-crimson. Length, 
4’ 6"; wing, 173"; tail, 8”; leg, 2’ 2”. 
Fig. Gray, Ibis, 1869, pl. xiv, fig. 6 (head). 
719. PHenricorrerus minor, Geoff. Small Flamingo. 
Several specimens of this Flamingo have reached our hands from 
widely different localities; and Mr. Piers informs us that they 
approach the end of the continent as far as Vogel Vley, near 
Tulbagh. It has also been observed at Cradock. 
According to Mr. Andersson, this species is comparatively rare 
at Walwich Bay and elsewhere on the south-west coast of Africa, 
but at Lake N’gami it is more common. Senor Anchieta has sent 
five specimens from the neighbourhood of Mossamedes. Sir John 
Kirk gives the following localities: Zambesi delta, Shire valley, 
Lake Nyassa, Mozambique. Hesays that it is a constant dweller 
throughout the year in the Zambesi delta, being found in other 
parts during the wet season only. 
General colour, pale pink; wings black ; outside edges, deep 
pink or crimson; bill, purple-pink. Length, 3’ 3’; wing, 14”; 
tail, 6”; leg, 16’’. 
Fig. Temm. Pl. Col. 419. 
