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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th Ser. 



The following table gives the measurements of seventeen 

 specimens in the Academy's collection. 



The following summary of the above measurements shows 

 that Cocos specimens average decidedly smaller than Califor- 

 nia specimens in length of wing and of tail, closely approach- 

 ing the Ohio specimen in this regard. These averages are 

 made without regard to age. 



SUMMARY OF MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters) 



Phoenicopterus ruber: American Flamingo^ 

 Plate III 



Albemarle, Charles, Chatham, Indefatigable, James, and 

 Jervis islands. 



^Cf. Chapman, "A Contribution to the Life History of the American Flamingo 

 {Phoenicopterus ruber), with Remarks upon Specimens," Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 V. 21, pp. 53-77. 



