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in or about the rookery, where the 

 negroes capture them by running 

 them down or by the use of a long 

 rope. With a man at either end of 

 such a rope, a group of birds is 

 partly surrounded and driven over 

 the muddy ' Swash ' toward the 

 negroes' boat. Gradually they 

 are rounded up and forced into 

 shallow water, where they may 

 b.e caught with comparative ease. 

 They are then thrown into the 

 hold of the boat and taken alive 

 to the nearest settlement, where 

 they readily command a good 

 price. Some young Flamingos 

 usually reach Nassau each year. 

 If the negro should not desire to 

 sell his prey, it is killed and placed in brine. 



Probably no known Flamingo rookery in the Bahamas escapes these 

 disastrous visitations, and we have here, doubtless, the chief cause for the 

 continued decrease of these splendid birds. Fortunately, I am glad to say, 

 a representation of the requirements of the case to the acting-governor of 

 the Bahamas seems likely to be followed by the passage of a law designed 

 to afford Flamingos much -needed protection. 



VOr\(; ILAMINGO FEEDING AFTER THE MANNER 

 OF THE ADULT 



YOUNG FLAMINGOS FEEDING EACH OTHER 



