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THE FLAMINGO. 



spoon. This would cer- 

 tainly be inconvenient, 

 if not impossible, to 

 other birds ; but not to 

 the Flamingo, owing to 

 its remarkably long, slen- 

 der, and flexible neck. 

 A still greater inconve- 

 nience would ensue if it 

 were under the necessity 

 of sitting on its nest, like 

 other birds ; for it would 

 then be utterly impossi- 

 ble to dispose of its long, 

 stilted, disproportioned 

 legs. Nature has, however, met the difficulty, and taught 

 it how to make a nest exactly suited to its form and 

 length of leg. It is made of mud, in the shape of a hil- 



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Flamingo. 



Nest of the Flamingo. 



