AMERICAN ORNlTHOLOiJY 



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No. 182. Flamingo {Phcetiicopterus ruber). 



Found along the Gulf Coast but more particularly 

 in Florida. Length from tip of bill to tail from 4o to 

 48 inches. Adults. — Color varies from a rosy red in 

 ■salmon to white, lighter on the back; primaries and 

 secondaries black. Young, grayfsh above, lighter 

 below. 



iNo. 183. Roseate Spoonbill {Ajaja'^ajaja). 



Found along the Gulf States, particularly in Flori- 

 da. Adults. — Length about 32 inches. Neck and 

 breast white, with the slightly lengthened feathers on 

 the back of head and breast tinged with carmine; 

 rest of plumage pink, with the shoulders and tail 

 coverts carmine; tail a dingy buff color. Young, 

 chiefly white, with the shoulders and tail coverts 

 pinkish and no buff to the tail. Whole head and 

 throat of adults bare. Bill flattened, very broad and 

 thin at the tip 



No. 185. Scarlet Ibis {Guar a rubra). 



Has been found in former years along the Gulf 

 Coast but no U. S. Records have been recently 

 made. Common in northern South America. 

 Adults. — Length about two feet. Entire plumage 

 ■scarlet, except the tips of the primaries which are 

 black. Young are grayish or brownish from which 

 plumage they change gradually to the scarlet, the 

 head and neck being the last to change. 



