136 PHCENICOPTERID^E. 



1. Buenos Ay res, Brazil, 14th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. Gibson). 



4. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 13th Sept. Dr. von Ihering [P.]. 



1. Argentine Republic (E. W. White]. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Argentine Republic, 14th Oct. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



(A. H. Holland). 



3. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



3. Argentine Republic, 9th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Order PHCENICO PTEEIFO RME 8. 



Family PHOENICOPTERID.E. 



The eggs of the Flamingoes are either of a narrow oval or of a 

 biconical shape. They are white, but often assume a yellowish or 

 brownish tinge with incubation. The shell is disintegrated, chalky 

 and rough, without gloss, and frequently with a wrinkled surface. 



Genus PHffiNICOPTERUS, Linn. 



Phcenicopterus ruber, Bonn. 



Phcenicopterus ruber, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Fog. tab. Ixx. fisr. 7, a, b, c 

 (1845-54) ; Saird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 415 

 (1884) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 9 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 205 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista. iv. p. 277 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the American Flamingo appear to be inseparable 

 from those of the Common Flamingo. Three specimens measure 

 respectively : 2-36 by 2-13; 3-65 by 2*02: 3-28 by 2. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Savannas of British Guiana. Messrs. J. J. Q.uelch & F. V. 



McConnell [P.]. 

 1. Cuba (J. J. Audubon). Crowley Bequest. 



Phcenicopterus roseus, Pall. 



Phosnicopterus roseus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 78. fig. 1 (1855-63) : 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 394; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 343 (1879) ; 



Seebohm. Brit. Birds, iii. p. 660, pi. 61 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 59, pi. 11. fig. 2 (1896) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 



p. 12 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 205 (1899). 

 Phcenicopterus antiquorum, Bree, Birds Eur. iv. p. 38, pi. (1867.) : 



2nd ed.v. p. 37, pi. -(1876). 



The eggs of the Common Flamingo vary greatly in size. They 



