Okdek PIKENICOPTERT. 



LAMELLlliOS'riixVL (iUALLATOKEa 



Cnxii. L)iiUfllii-ostriil iiml I'lu'coriiil Oriillalnrcs, wiili tin- neck anil Ic^'s oxccss- 

 ivcly eloiij,'ati'(l, tlin anterior tncs liilly wi'lilicd, the hallux very siiiall, Lilfvalcil, 

 or soiiu'tiuu'.s altii;,'((tli('r waiitiiij,', tlu; hill alpiiiiiUy ln'iit in the inidtllo portinii, 

 the iiuuulil)lu inmh deeper in tlu; middle portion than the nnixilla. Kggs tew 

 in number (ono or two), pure white, with a soft eiileareous Hhell. 



The l'"lainihj,'oes are lianiellimstral Waders, aud ]»ossess so many peculiarities of 

 Btrueture, that they may very i)ropcrly l)e cuuHidered as eonstitutiuj,' by tiieinsclvo 

 a distinct Order, for which I'roi'essor lluxley has pro|iose(l the term Am/i/nmor/i/iir. 

 This Order c(iiu])rises a siu^de I'amily, which is re|)i'eseiited throuij;hout the wanner 

 parts of the globe, with the exceitliuu of the Australian and Malayan Wegions. 



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Family nKEXTCOI'TKlIlD.K. — Thk Flamixgoks. 



ClIAi!. Same as those of the Order. 



The Flamingoes constitute a strongly marked and very ]H'(Hdiar i'anuly of birds, 

 resembling souu'what the Cranes, Heron.s, ar.d Storks in general ajipearance, inn 

 much more nearly related to the Aunt !(/(!■ (Ducks, (ieese. and Swans) in tlunr struc- 

 ture, while in the peculiar form of the bill and excessive elongation of the neck and 

 legs they are entirely unique. There ajipear to be only two wtdl-marked genera, 

 Phantti'copferiis and I'/nriiirnjMirnt.i,^ the latter, <listinguished bj- the absence of tlic 

 hind toe and a jieculiar form of bill, being represented by a single species, found in 

 the Peruvian Andes. 



Genus FHCENICOPTERUS, Linn.^us. 



Phcuiicnptmis, Linn. S. N. cil. lo, \7r>x, 139 ; id. 12, I. 17C(1, 230 (typi-, /'. i-iiher, Linn.). 

 P/ueiiifoudinn, Ohav, Ibis, 18t)9, 412 {ty\H', I'/ioiiimp/cnts riihiiliis, Fr.ii.nr.N). 

 Phcenkorodian, (!iiay, Ibis, 18ti!t, 443 (type, Phafiiicop/crm riibn; Linn.). 



Chau. Neck and legs excessively elongated, the lower two thirds of the tibia Imre, the iiiiti- 

 rior two thirds of both tibiii mid tni'sus enveloped by one eontinumis series of liroad traiisver-i' 

 scutella;, the eircnnd'erenre completed by n smaller posterior series. All the anterior toes com- 

 pletely webbed, the longest about one fourth the tarsus ; hind toe ])reseiit, but small and elevated : 

 claws short, broad, and blunt, scarcely extending beyond the underlying pad forming the end ol 



1 PuffiNicovAiiRUS, "Be. 185" (Gkay), (typ, Phmiicupteriis andimi3, PiiiLii'pi ; of. "Ibis," 1S()9, 

 p. 441, pi. 15, ligs. 9, 10). 



