i<.i-:y to 



III-. \\\ri:K r.iRDS of it.okida. 



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and \'irL;iiiia, and occayionalh wanders as far soulli as Florida. I know of 

 one or Iwo instances where it has been seen, and a specimen was killed and 

 brought into Jacksonville in the winter of 1894-5. 



ordp:r odontogloss.e. 



LaMELLIROSTKAL GkAI>1>A'1X)RES. 



Family PIKENICOPTERID.E. Flamingoes. 

 Genus PHCENICOPTERUS Linn. 



PHCENICOPTERUS RUBER //////. 

 American Flamingo. 



Adult mall': Kntire plumage scarltt : most of the 

 primaries black: legs lake red : terminal half of the 

 bill black ; basal half of lower mandible orange. The 

 female and immature males are lighter colored and 

 paler. 



Length. 52; Wing. 17: Tail. 6.50; Tarsus. 12.50: Hill. 



This species occurs on the coast of trop- 

 ical and sub-tropical x\merica. It is a resi- 

 dent in Florida, although seldom seen 

 there. At one time it was abundant but is 

 now only to be found in one or two local- 

 ities. East of Cape Sable there was quite 

 a colony of them, but the place is very dith- 

 cult of access and they are very shy. This 

 species is still abundant in the Bahama 

 Islands, where I found it breedinj^;. It lays 

 two chalky-white eggs. The nest, which 

 is constructed of mud, is shaped like a 

 sugar-loaf slightly hollowed on the top, and 

 usually from about 14 inches to 20 inches 

 in heiirht. 



