THE FLAMINGOES. 



Great Flamingoes. 



In tho Flamingoes the legs ;ire of excessive length. Their wings are small, and their toes partly 

 webbed. They are waders in their habits, but occasionally swim when beyond their depth. They fre- 

 quent low muddy coasts, salt marshes, and the mouths of rivers, bidding defiance to the pestilent exhala 

 tions that drive man far from their haunts. 



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