THE FLAMINGO. 



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sort of spoon. This would 

 certainly be inconve- 

 nient, if not impossible, 

 to other birds ; but not 

 to the Flamingo, owing 

 to its remarkably long, 

 slender, and flexible 

 neck. A still greater 

 inconvenience would 

 ensue, if it were under 

 the necessity of sitting 

 on its nest, like other 

 birds ; for it would then 

 be utterly impossible to 

 dispose of its long, 

 stilted, disproportioned legs. Nature has, however, met the 

 difficulty, and taught it how to make a nest exactly suited to 

 its form and length of leg. It is made of mud, in the shape 



Flamingo. 



Nest of the Fiamingc. 



