PHfENICOPTERUS. 121 



ORDER ODONTOGLOSS^E. THE LAMEL- 



LIROSTRAL GRALLATORES. (Page 1.) 



Families, 

 (Characters same as those given for the Order).... Phcenicopteridae. (Page 121.) 



FAMILY PHCENICOPTERIDAE. THE FLAMINGOES. (Page 121.) 



Genera. 

 (Characters same as those given for the Family)... Phcenicopterus. (Page 121.) 



GENUS PHCENICOPTERUS LINN^US. (Page 121, pi. XXIX., fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Adult: General color light vermilion or pinkish, more intense (inclining to 

 scarlet) on wings ; flanks rosy carmine ; primaries and secondaries deep black ; 

 terminal third of bill black ; basal portion whitish or yellowish. Young : Grayish 

 white, the wings varied with grayish and dusky. Downy young : Entirely white. 

 Length about 42.00-48.00, wing 15.30-16.50, culmen 5.20, tarsus 12.00-14.50. Eggs 

 3.55 X 2.18, elongate-ovate or cylindrical-ovate, pure chalk-white. Hob. Tropical 

 and subtropical sea-coasts, from Florida Keys and coast of Gulf States to northern 

 South America ; Galapagos? 182. P. ruber LINN. American Flamingo. 



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