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THE Flamingo (Phcenicopterus roseus, Pallas) is an ex- 

 ceptionally rare abnormal migrant to the British Islands, 

 and is found inhabiting the South-western Palearctic 

 Region, as well as the Northern Ethiopian Region. The 

 adult has the wing-coverts scarlet ; quills, black ; remainder 

 of plumage, white, washed with rose colour ; irides, yellow ; 

 base of bill, rosy, tip, black; legs and feet, light pink. 

 The length is said to vary from forty-four to seventy inches. 



GLOSSY IBIS. 



THE Glossy Ibis (P/egadis falcinellus, Linnaeus) is a rare 

 abnormal spring and autumn migrant to the British Islands, 

 breeding in Southern Europe, and distributed over most of 

 the temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres. The 

 adult has the general colouration, above, glossy green-ish- 

 black, with a metallic lustre ; head, neck, and under parts, 

 chestnut : irides, brown ; naked skin, from base of bill and 

 round eyes, green ; bill and legs, greenish-black. Length, 

 about twenty-two inches. The male and female are alike 

 in plumage, but the latter is less in size. The young are 

 duller in colour, and streaked in parts with greyish-white. 

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