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certain Birds which are found in the warmer parts of both 

 Hemispheres and which are known as Flamingoes. Many- 

 individuals of the species known as PTuenicapterug antiquorum 

 are often to be seen on the Guadalquivir Eiver between 

 Seville and the sea. This Bird is generally to be found 

 in our Zoological Gardens, where its extremely long neck 



Fig. 34. 



The Little Egret {Ardea garsetta). 



and its curiously bent beak are sure to arrest the attention 

 of any observant visitor not already famiUar with it. They 

 build their nests of mud, and each nest has the appearance 

 of a small mound, about half a yard high, rising out of the 

 shallow water of some marsh. There are eight different kinds 

 of Elamingoes. 



This creature naturally suggests to us a number of other' 



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