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A. FLAMINGOES. Phoenicopteridae. 



Characters as above. 



a. Flamingoes. Phoenicopterus. 



Characters as above. 



1. AMERICAN FLAMINGO, P. ruber. 45.00; scarlet; 

 primaries, black, fig. 175. Young, grayish-white more or less 

 mottled vrith darker gray. Nestlings, wholly white. Breeds 

 in southern Fla., the Bahamas, West Indies and Atlantic 

 coast of Tropical America. 



F. OliOtJSE, QrJA.IlL.S, ETC. 

 Pliasiani. 



Birds of varying size with feet fitted for walking; bills 

 hard, adapted for gathering seeds and other vegetable matter 

 and insects. Eggs, many, placed on the ground in rudely 

 constructed nests ; young active when hatched and covered 

 with down and capable of feeding themselves. All run raj)- 

 idly, often hiding when alarmed to rise suddenly when ap- 

 proached closely. 



A. PARTRIDGES. Perdicidae. 



Small or medium sized birds with rather short, rounded 

 wings and short tails. Sexes, not similar. Fly well for short 

 distances, usually moving in a straight line with quick wing- 

 beats. 



a. Bob-wliites. Colinus. 



Rather plainly marked birds with the feathers of head 

 only slightly elongated. Young, unable to fly until well 

 grown. Frequent the open country. Eggs, white. Not mi- 

 gratory. Social, congregating in flocks of from 10 to 20 or 

 more. 



1. BOB-WHITE, C. VIRGINIANUS. 10.00; above, chest- 

 nut marked with ashy, buff, and dark brown ; forehead, line 

 over eye, and throat, white ; patch on neck extending on either 

 side to bill, black ; beneath, creamy streaked on upper breast 

 and sides with chestnut; iris, bill, and feet, brown, fig. 176. 



