PALAMEDE^.— PHCENICOPTERI. 249 



Order PALAMEDE^. Screamers. 



Bill like a fowl's. With soft skin at base. Tip obtuse, bent down. Margins of bill not 

 laminated. Tarsus reticulated in front and behind. No ventral bare tract. Desmognathous. 

 Neotropical. Young hatched covered with down and able to run at once. May be regarded 

 as a much-modified arboreal form of Goose. 



Family PALAMEDEID^. Sceeamees. 



Peculiar to America. Anterior toes very long, connected by rudimentary webs. Hind toe 

 long and strong. Feet very large, covered with small hexagonal scales. Small soft plumes 

 on neck. "Wings large, with two spurs. Of large size. Two genera, viz. — 



The genus Palamedea. With lores feathered. A long frontal horn. Head not crested. 

 Tail fourteen feathers. One species — P. cornuta, 34", legs ashy, bill grey. Neck, upper parts, 

 wings, tail, and breast black, abdomen black. Inhabiting marshes on north parts of S. America. 



The genus Ohauiia. With lores naked. No frontal horn. Head crested. Tail twelve 

 feathers. Two species — C. chavaria, 28", legs and bill red, plumage slate -black, cheeks and 

 throat white, from Venezuela and Colombia ; 0. cristata, 36", legs red, plumage dark grey, 

 cheeks and throat grey, naked ring round neck, S. America. 



Order PHCENIGOPTERI. Flamingoes. 



Bill abruptly bent ia the middle. Margins of bill laminated. Tarsus 

 scutellated in front and behind. Ventral tract bare. Desmognathous. Young 

 covered with down and able to run. "When hatched the bill is straight. Tropical. 



Family PHCENICOPTEEIDJE. 



Neck and leg of great length. Bill suddenly bent down. Have fleshy tongue 

 and anatomical structure of Ducks. Anterior toes united to the claws ; webs 

 incised. Primaries twelve (fifth remex present in wing). Fifth secondary 

 wanting. After-shaft., Oil-gland tufted. General plumage rosy. Found in 

 warmer parts of the world. Nest of mud. One egg, white. 



Genus PHffiNICOPTERUS. 



^omK6wTepos = red-feathered. 



Upper mandible convex and overlapping the lower. First and second quills 

 subequal and longest. Small hind toe. Throat naked. 



284. Fhoenicopterus roseus. The Common FLiMiNGO. 



Bag-hans, Raj-hans, India; Pukonga (Telugu) ; Pu-nari (Tamil) ; Urian, Ceylon. 



tj 52"; 10 lbs. ? 42". Legs rose-red. Bill rosy, black tip. Plumage rosy 

 white. Quills black. — Young: Mixed brown and dusky. From the Mediter- 

 ranean to Lake Baikal, Africa, India, and Ceylon. One or two eggs (3-6 x 2-2), 

 white. (J. 944. B. 1575.) See illustration, p. 250. 



Also P. chilensis. 42". Similar to P. roseus^ Legs grey. Bill white, with black tip. 

 Wings more vermilion. South of S. America. 



P. ruber. 42" to 48". Legs and feet lake. Bill yellowish, with black tip. General 

 plumage vermilion. Florida to north of S. America. 



