150 Wonders of the Bird World 



Sub-Order Ciconii. (Storks.) Nest of sticks in a tree or 



reed-bed. Eggs three to five in number, white. 

 Sub-Order Bal^enicipitides. (Shoe-bills.) Nest in reeds, 



made of sedges. Eggs chalky-white or bluish-white. N.E. 



Africa. 

 Sub-Order Scopi. (Hammer-heads.) Nest of sticks, very 



large, with separate chambers. Eggs three to five, white. 



Africa. 

 Sub-Order Platale^e. (Spoonbills and Ibises.) Nest of 



sticks in reeds or on trees. Eggs blue or bluish-green, or 



white, spotted with reddish-brown. Cosmopolitan. 

 Order Phcenicopteriformes. (Flamingoes.) Nest of mud. 

 A single, chalky-white egg. South Europe, Africa, India, 

 America. 



Order Anseriformes. (Swimming-Birds.) 



Sub-Order Anseres. (Swans, Geese, and Ducks.) Nest, a 



depression in the ground, lined with down from the bird's 



breast, or a large nest of moss or sticks and rushes. Eggs 



numerous, from six to twelve, uniform olive, greenish or 



white. Cosmopolitan. 

 Sub-Order Palamede^e. (Screamers.) Nest of rushes, in a 



marsh. Eggs six, white. South America. 

 Order Pelecani formes. (Pelican-like Birds.) 



Sub-Order Phaethontes. (Tropic-birds.) No nest. One 



egg only, laid in the hole of a rock, white, with mottlings 



of reddish-brown. Tropical Seas. 

 Sub-Order Sul^e. (Gannets.) Nest of grass or sea-weed on a 



rock. One egg only, white with a chalky covering. Cos- 

 mopolitan. 

 Sub-Order Phalacrocoraces. (Cormorants and Darters.) 



Nest of sticks or sea-weed in a rock, or in reed-beds or trees. 



Eggs two to four in number, bluish or green with a chalky 



covering. Cosmopolitan. 

 Sub-Order Pelecani. (Pelicans.) Nest of sticks or rushes, 



in trees or on the ground. Only one egg^ white with 



a chalky covering. Temperate and Tropical regions of 



both Hemispheres. 



