392 PHANICOPTERID®. 
The Glossy Ibis is somewhat rare in the Deccan; it is rather 
more common in Guzerat, but in Sind it is a common permanent 
resident. 
Mr. Doig foundthem breeding in some numbers in June, in 
high trees on the borders of lakes inside the sand hills along 
the banks of the Narra Canal. 
He says they build a stick nest, and that the eggs, usually three 
in number, are oval in shape, pointed at each end. They are of 
a beautiful green color, and measure about 2 inches in length 
by 1-4 in breadth. 
Orperr, Natatores. 
Feet more or less fully webbed, the legs placed far backwards 
on the body, and the tarsi compressed, adapting them for 
swimming ; bill and wings varied ; plumage very thick and close, 
with a quantity of down next the skin, in some families impreg- 
nated with oil; the hind-toe is occasionally absent, and always 
small. In one family the toes are free, only bordered by a 
wide web. 
Tribe, Lamellirostres. 
Bill thick, depressed, broad, covered with a soft skin, the tip 
alone being horny ; the edges in most furnished with numerous 
lamin ; wings moderately long, first and second quills sub-equal, 
or second longest. 
Famity, Pheenicopteride. 
Neck and legs of enormous length ; bill suddenly bent down. 
Genus, Phenicopterus, Lin. 
Bill high at the base, suddenly bent down ; the margin lamellate 
and dentate ; legs very long ; tibia bare to a conside-able extent ; 
tarsus scutellate ; feet short ; wings moderate, first and second 
quills sub-equal, longest ; neck very long. 
Pheenicopterus antiquorum, Jem. 
944,.—P. vroseus, Pall—dJerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, 
p. 775; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 25; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 436 ; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 280. 
THE FLAMINGO. 
Length, 52 ; wing, 16°5 ; tail, 6; bill, 4; tarsus, 12; mid-toe 
3°5.; weight, 10 lbs. , 
Bill rosy, black at tip; irides pale golden-yellow ; legs and 
feet pale rosy-red. 2 
Throughout of arosy-white, the rose color more marked on the 
head, back, and tail ; wing-coverts (except the primary coverts 
which are white) and the tertiaries, fine rosy-red ; quills black, 
the last of the secondaries white ; lower wing-coverts black. ; 
