Order ODONTOGLOSS^. 



Family PHOBNICOPTEEID^E. 



FLAMINGO. Phwnicopterus roseus (Pallas). 



Coloured Figures. Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. vi, pi. 410; 

 Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vii, pi. 19. 



This remarkable-looking bird, breeding in Southern 

 Europe, North Africa, and Asia, often migrates even in 

 flocks to countries in Europe of the latitude of the British 

 Isles, so that its .visits are not primd facie improbable ; in 

 fact it should not be surprising to hear of more instances 

 of its occurrence in the British Isles than have heretofore 

 been recorded. One was secured in the Isle of Sheppey on 

 August 16th, 1873, which may have been a specimen which 

 escaped from the London Zoological Gardens on July 19th 

 (Saunders). Another, an adult, was obtained in Stafford- 

 shire early in September, 1881. A third was taken in 

 Hampshire outside the Beaulieu River, on November 26th, 

 1883. 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Except the wing-coverts 

 which are brilliant scarlet, and the primaries which are black, 

 the general tinge of the plumage is a delicate pinky-white. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar in plumage to the male. 



Adult winter, male and female. Similar to the nuptial 

 plumage. 



Immature, male and female. Only a slight trace of 

 pink on the wings, which are irregularly barred with black. 

 The downy nestling is greyish-white. 



BEAK. Basal portion pink, distal portion black, and 

 sharply bent downward. 



FEET. Rich pinkish-red. 



