392 PHJGNICOPTEBIDJE. 



The Glossy Ibis is somewhat rare in the Deccan ; it is rather 

 more common in Guzerat, but in Sind it is a common permanent 

 resident. 



Mr. Doig found them breeding in some numbers in June, in 

 high trees on the borders of lakes inside the sand hills along 

 the banks of the Narra Canal. 



He says they build a stick nest, and that the eggs, usually three 

 in number, are oval in shape, pointed at each end. They are of 

 a beautiful green color, and measure about 2 inches in length 

 by 1*4 in breadth. 



ORDER, Natatores. 



Feet more or less fully webbed, the legs placed far backwards 

 on the body, and the tarsi compressed, adapting them for 

 swimming ; bill and wings varied ; plumage very thick and close, 

 with a quantity of down next the skin, in some families impreg- 

 nated with oil ; the hind-toe is occasionally absent, and always 

 small. In one family the toes are free, only bordered by a 

 wide web. 



TRIBE, Lamellirostres. 



Bill thick, depressed, broad, covered with a soft skin, the tip 

 alone being horny ; the edges in most furnished with numerous 

 laminae ; wings moderately long, first and second quills sub-equal, 

 or second longest. 



FAMILY, Phsenicopteridse. 



Neck and legs of enormous length ; bill suddenly bent down. 



GENUS, Phaenicopterus, Lin. 



Bill high at the base, suddenly bent down ; the margin lamellate 

 and dentate ; legs very long ; tibia bare to a considerable extent ; 

 tarsus scutellate ; feet short ; wings moderate, first and second' 

 quills sub-equal, longest ; neck very long. 



Phaenicopterus antiquorum, Tem. 



944. P. roseus, Pall. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II 

 p. 775 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 25 ; 

 Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 436 ; Murray's Vertebrate 

 Zoology of Sind, p. 280. 



THE FLAMINGO. 



Length, 52 ; wing, 165 ; tail, 6 ; bill, 4 ; tarsus, 12 ; mid-toe 

 3'5 ; weight, 10 Ibs. 



Bill rosy, black at tip ; hides pale golden-yellow ; leo- s an d 

 feet pale rosy-red. 



Throughout of a rosy- white, the rose color more marked on the 

 head, back, and tail ; wing-coverts (except the primary coverts 

 which are white) and the tertiaries, fine rosy-red ; quills black* 

 the last of the secondaries white ; lower wing-coverts black. 



