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AMERICAN FLAMINGO. 
Family 16. FLAMINGOES. PHOENICOPTERIDA. 
Characters of the Family similar to those of the Order. 
OrpDER VII. Herons, BITTERNS, IBISES, AND SPOONBILLS. 
HERODIONES, 
(4 families, 19 species, 3 subspecies. ) 
Long-legged wading birds, generally found along shores or on 
muddy flats; bill variable; in the Herons straight and sharply pointed; 
in the Ibises,; slender, rounded, and curved downward; in the Spoon- 
bill, flattened: wings rounded; tail short; legs long; toes all on same 
+ level, long, slender, without webs. Herons and Bitterns fly with a 
fold in the neck, the head being drawn in; Ibises and Spoonbills fly 
with the neck straight, the head being extended. 
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