90 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



southern Illinois south to Texas, and from southern British Columbia to 

 southern California; casual in migration in the Rocky Mountain 

 region of United States; accidental in New York and Delaware. 

 Now of rare occurrence nearly everywhere. 



ORDER ODONTOGLOSSJE. LAMELLIROSTRAL 

 GRALLATORES. 



FAMILY PHCENICOPTERID-ffl. FLAMINGOES. 



GENUS PHOENICOPTERUS LINNAEUS. 



Phoenicopterus LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 139. Type, by 

 monotypy, Phcenicopterus ruber LINNAEUS. 



Phcenicopterus ruber LINNAEUS. Flamingo. [182.] 



Phcenicopterus ruber LINNJEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 139. (Jamaica, 

 Cuba, and Bahamas.) 



RANGE. Atlantic coast of subtropical and tropical America, from 

 the Bahamas, Florida Keys, and Yucatan to Brazil, and in the 

 Galapagos; accidental in South Carolina. 



