Pini'.NlCorTKiaD.K — TIIK KLAMINOOPIH — rFIfKNrroi'TKIllTS, 



415 



I he tiHX. Miixillik iiiiich (li'|iri'MMi'il, chihm inUy I'ur tlio ti'iininal liull', tvirvwlit-ru iiarrowi-r tluiii tht^ 



IlliUlililili', wliicll in I •""t|y lllirki'llnl ill tile lliiilillc |Hiltiiill, ili »iili'^ rnUKlli'lli'il or Mli;{lltly iMirni- 



;.'iili'il, (lit' I'liil with |) '. .'I'liiiF i|t'i'|i loii^iiiiiliiiiil hiiji iiliiJii^ ; iiiaxillit with udiittiiul hiti'iiil i^rnovti 

 JKitu thr iiii'<liil to till' ti|i ; both iiiii\illiti> uikI iiiainlilmhii' liiiiiinii' t'.\|i<)nu(l. 



I excess- 



■li'vatftl, 

 piirtinti, 



iii'itifs of 



OlUSt'lvCN 



p waniii'i' 

 lis. 



of binls. 

 iuici', liut 

 iciv stnu'- 

 iicck iintl 

 I goiicia, 

 <'0 of tlu' 

 fouiul in 



Inn.). 



|c, tlie iilit<- 

 traii.<ver.-f 

 tdfrt coiu- 



the ciul "t 

 |lV.is,"18f)9, 



/', ,•»/»■ 



Till' uliovi' chiifactfrs art- drawn IVcmm /'. nthn; Imt they a|i|>ly ciiually wrll tn tln' ntlii'r npe- 

 licx of till' i,'t'iiii^, 1)1' wliiili aliiiiit >i.\ arc kimwii. only two of wliicli arc Aiiii-iiciii, uiic, /'. ruhii; 

 liflo!ij,'hio to the West Inciii's aiiil shoivs of the (iiilf ol .Mcxiii), and tliu ( ialai)aj,'us, the otlu'r. 

 /'. iijiiipuUiatun, iiL'ciiliar to Soiitlicrii South Anu'iiia. 



Fhoenicopterus ruber. 



THE AMERICAN FLAMINGO. 



Pha'nicii/ileriia ruber, Linn. S. X. I'd. Id, I. \7'>S, VM> (pait) ; rd. 12, I. 17(iO, 230 (piirt). - Wii.h. 

 Am. Oil). Vlll. l«ll, (.''i. 111. (iti. — Nrrr. Man. II. ls;U, 70. — Avn. Orii, jiict;. V. ISDO, 2,1,'), 

 pi. 4.11 ; Syiiop. ISIiH, •2(!!i ; 1!. ,\iu. VI. 1SI.1, l(l!», pi. 375. — C.\s.s. in Bainl's H. N. Am. IS.IS, 

 087. — Baikd. Cat. N'. Am. H. ISali, no. ,■.1)2. — Cori's, Ki^y, 1872, 278 ; Check List, 1873, no. 

 475 ) 2d I'd. 1882, no. 087. — HiDciW. Noin. N. Am. H. 1881, no. 585. 



? Phcenlcopterus (jlyphurliiinchits, Cv.xy, Iliis, 1809, jil. 14, I'tjr. 5 ((ialapiigo.s). 



H.\n Atlantic coast.-* of tropical and snhtropical Anieiica fioni Florida Keys to Northern 

 South AniiTica; Bcrimnlax ; (Jalajiaftos ? ( = ''glii])hnrhipi<-hus," (!kay.) 



Sp. C'nAii. Adult: Pivvailini,' ccdor pure venuilion-suaili't, most intense on the wings, else- 

 where inclniini; to vorniilion-pink ; Hanks rosy carniini' ; ]iriniaries and secontlaries uniform deep 

 I'lack. Terminal third of the hill (portion lieyond the lieiid) Idack ; basal portion orange, becoming 

 pure yellow at the e.vtreme base and on the lores ; iris blue ; legs and feet lake-red (Audubon). 



iiiiii; 



