i8 FLAMINGO. 



FLAMINGO. 



PLATE CLXIII. FIGURE III. 

 Pliosnuopteris roseus, PALLAS. 



rriHEY build, in like manner, in great numbers, 

 together, and they manage somehow to sit on the 

 eggs in the nest, which is built on the mud of the river 

 side, and raised variously to a height of from four inches 

 to some two feet, according as the situation is less or 

 more liable to be flooded in rainy seasons. 



The eggs, laid the latter end of May, are two in 

 number, rather rough, and of a white colour. 



