FLAMINGO. 



PHCENICOPTERUS ROSEUS, Pall. 



PliCEiiicopterus roseus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, ii. 

 p. 207; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 244; Dresser, vi. p. 343. 



Flammant, French ; Flamenco, Spanish ; Rosenfai'biger, 

 Flaming, German; Fenicottero, Italian. 



Eonr occurrences of the Flamingo in England are 

 recorded by Mr. Saunders in the fourth volume of 

 Yarrell's ' British Birds,' with the particulars con- 

 cerning them. 



The bird is common in the delta of the Rhone and 

 in parts of Spain, and thence spreads eastwards and 

 southwards from the basin of the Mediterranean to 

 Lake Baikal, and over the whole of Africa, India, and 

 Ceylon. 



Lord Lilford's account of the breedino; of the 

 Flamingo in the great alluvial plains of the Guadal- 

 quivir in Southern Spain, called the " Marisma," will 

 be found in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society 

 of London ' for 1880, page 446. [0. S.] 



