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PHCENICOPTEKUS KOSEUS. 



(FLAMINGO.) 



Phoenicopterus, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 532 (1760). 

 Phoenicopterus ruber, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 230 (1766, partim). 

 Le Flammant, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 475 (1781). 

 Phcenicopterus roseus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 207 (1811). 

 Phoenicopterus antiquorum, Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 587 (1820). 

 Phcenicopterus major, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 603 (1831). 

 Phoenicopterus ruber (L.), Sykes, Proc. Zool. 1832, p. 159. 

 Phcenicopterus europceus, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 364 (1837). 

 Phoenicopterus platyrhynchos, L. Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 290. 

 Phoenicopterus minor, C. Brehm, ut supra. 



Phoenicopterus erythrceus, Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1855, p. 221. 

 Phcenicopterus blythi, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 146 (1857). 

 Phcenicopterus antiquus, Blyth, fide G. R. Gray, Ibis, 1869, p. 442. 

 Phoenicopterus andersoni, Brooks, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1875, p. 17. 



Flammant, French ; Flamenco, Spanish ; Fenicottero, Italian ; Fiamingu, Maltese ; Nihof 

 Moorish; rosenfarbiger Flaming, German; Krasnbi-Gouss, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



DAubenton, PL Enl. 63 ; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. Suppl. taf. 152 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. 

 taf. 233 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 287 ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pis. 339, 340. 



c? ad. albus, vix rosaceo tinctus : remigibus nigris : tectricibus alarum supra et subtus cum axillaribus intense 

 roseis : pedibus, rostro ad basin et regione oculari nuda pallide rosaceis, rostro ad apicem nigro : iride 

 flava. 



Juv. sordide albus : capite et collo rufescente cervino tinctis : dorso et tectricibus alarum sordide fusco notatis, 

 tectricibus majoribus fere omnino fuscis : pedibus plumbescentibus : rostro ad basin sordidiore. 



Adult Male (Sardinia). Entire plumage, except the wings, rosy white, the tail rather more of a rosy red 

 tinge ; quills black ; upper and under wing-coverts and axillaries rich deep rose-pink with a vermilion 

 tinge; legs, base of the bill, and bare space round the eye flesh-pink; terminal portion of the bill 

 jet-black; iris pale yellow. Total length about 44 inches, culmen 5'65, wing 16 - 7, tail 7 - 0, tarsus 12-4, 

 bare portion of the tibia 8'2. 



Adult Female (Sardinia) . Resembles the male, but is rather smaller in size. 



Young (Etawah) . Head, neck, back, and underparts white slightly tinged with rusty buff, especially on 

 the upper neck; back marked with dull ashy brown; wing-coverts marked with dark brown, the 



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