THE FLAMINGO. 



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Nest of the Flamingo. 



soon found a remedy by walking with the other, 

 and using its bill as a crutch, and probably finding 

 it as serviceable as a wooden leg, which, strange 

 to say, has been supplied in a similar case. The 

 circumstance is mentioned by an eye-witness*. 

 " A Crane, having," as he says, " had one of his legs 

 broken, and cut off above the knee, had a wooden 

 leg and thigh, with a joint so accurately made, that 

 the creature could walk and use it as well as if it had 

 been natural/' 



We have alluded to the bright pink and scarlet 

 colours of the Flamingoes, which give them a 



% Evelyn's Diary, vol. ii. 



