90 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMEBICAN BIRDS. 



southern Illinois south to Texas, and from southern British Columbia to 

 southern California; casual in migration in the Rocky Mountain 

 region of United States; accidental in New York and Delaware. 

 Now of rare occurrence nearly everywhere. 



Order ODONTOGLOSStE. Lamellirostral 

 Grallatores. 



Family PH(ENICOPTERID.ffi. Flamingoes. 



Genus PH(£NIC0PTERUS Linn^us. 



Phomicopterus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 139. Type, by 

 monotypy, Phoenicopterus ruber LiNNiEUS. 



Phcenicopterus ruber Linn^us. Flamingo. [182.] 



Phcenicopterus ruber LiNNiEtrs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 139. (Jamaica, 

 Cuba, and Bahamas.) 



Range. — Atlantic coast of subtropical and tropical America, from 

 the Bahamas, Florida Keys, and Yucatan to Brazil, and in the 

 Galapagos; accidental in South Carolina. 



