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tervals they still do so. Captain W. D. Collier, Marco Island, 

 west coast of Florida, states that when he first made his 

 home on that island, forty years ago, "Flamingoes came there 

 every year by the thousand!" Besides those on Andros 



N. Y. Zoological Park. 



THE FLAMINGO. 



Island in the Bahamas, Flamingoes are found in Cuba, and 

 on the north coast of Yucatan. Until about 1906 every year 

 from twenty to fifty live birds were brought to New York by 

 the dealers in live animals, and sold at prices ranging from 

 $12 to $20 each. Now the annual supply has fallen to a very 

 low point, and in some years none arrive. When any arrive 



