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\ tlockof i!..-- birds feedingalong the sea-shore have a curious ap]araii'.-. U-nding th ir 

 long ' -'il'n -uoceeaton tut the waves du>h II|MIII the shore, ami mining tin-in a- tin- 



ripple pastes away a loll- tin- strand. At each uin_ i- aluav- plac.-.| .1 --iitin.1 l.inl whi.-h 



makes 111 1 it tempi ::.:. i.n.,.:,- vtth nwk ; ami head luniiiu; constant h :ii t 



i.. >ii-tvt tli*' :-' iii<licatii>ii of .i.iM_. : \Vli.-n a tliM-k uf Flainingoa is pawdnK overhead, 

 tln-y lia\-' a \M.II.|.-I fulls tiiH- I'tTi-ct, tlii-ir |>luinap- chunking from pun- \\hiii- tu daubing rose 

 an they wavi- tin-in bnuul winp*. 



\Vli.-u at n-t ami him: on tin- ^rouinl, with the legs dmililiil iim| ( -r th body, the 

 is Mill ^r.u-.-ful. U-nilinj: it- n.-.-k into Miakv <oiN. ami pn^-nin^ CMTV jwrt of it 



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plnmage with an ease almost incredible. Its long and apparently clumsy legs are equally 

 mi'l.-r command, for the bird can scratch its cheeks with its toes as easily as a sparrow or 

 a canary. 



\Vli.-ri flyini: tin- F1amingt> still associat*^ its.]f with ito comnuloH, and the flock form 

 themselves into regular shapes, each band viili-ntly acting iiml^r the command of a lea<ler. 

 The nest of tin- Klaminp> is rath'-r curious, and consist** of mud and earth scraped together so 

 as to form a tall hillock with a cavity at tin- summit. In this cavity the eggs are laid, ami 

 tin- bird -its ra-ily U]M>II thnn, its limbs hanirini: down at each side of tin- m-st liki- a long- 

 legged man -ittim: on a milestone. The eggs are white, thrir number is two or three, and the 

 young birds are all abli- to run at an arly ag-. Like many other long-leggi-d birds, the 

 Flamingo has a habit of standing on one leg. tin- other being drawn up and hidden among 

 tin- plumage. 



Tin- curious beak of this Lin] is orange-yellow at the base and black at the extremity, and 

 tin- C.TV is flesh -colon-d. \Vln-n in full jdumairi- the color is brilliant -<'aili't. with th-exc 

 tion of tin- |iiill fi-atht-i-s. which ar- j.-tty-black. A full-grown birrl will measure from five to 

 six ft-vt iu height. 



