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FLAMINGOES, DUCKS, AND SCREAMERS. 



of North-Western India, form one of the most wonderful sights in the world. On 

 the lakes of Sind, Mr. Hume describes the flocks as comprising tens of thousands 

 of individuals, which may be seen either massed upon the water, looking like huge 

 rosy islands, or floating above it like a cloud at sunset. Still more wonderful is it 



EtJBOPEAN FLAMINGOES (J nat. size). 



** to see one of these enormous flocks rise suddenly when alarmed ; as you approach 

 them, so long as they remain on the water at rest, they look simply like a mass 

 of faintly rosy snow. A rifle is fired, and then the exposure of the upper and 

 under-coverts of the wing turns the mass into a gigantic, brilliantly rosy scarf, 

 waving too and fro in mighty folds, as it floats away." 



Although essentially a wader, the flamingo in deep water can swim well and 



