ROSY FLAMINGO. 39 



Flammant roxe. Of the French. 



Europaischer Flamingo, Of the Geemans. 



Fenicottero, Savi. 



Specific Characters. — General plumage rosy; wing coverts briglit 

 rosy red; primaries black. Length four feet; carpus to tip fifteen 

 inches; length of neck twenty-four inches; length of beak four 

 inches; bare part of femur nine inches; tarsus twelve inches; 

 middle toe three inches and a half. 



The Flamingo is a well-known bird in the south 

 of Europe. The European species was formerly con- 

 founded with the true P. ruber, which is a bird found 

 both in America and Africa. 



The Rosy Flamingo, as I venture to call it, is found 

 principally on the coasts of Spain, Italy, and France, 

 which abut on the Mediterranean. It is found acci- 

 dently in Sicily and Calabria. It is also found on 

 the banks of the Rhone, and in Provence; rarely on 

 the Rhine. According to Temminck it passes the winter 

 in great numbers in the marshes and swamps between 

 Cagliari and Capoterra. Some years it is common in 

 Sardinia, and others not seen there at all. It leaves 

 Europe in March, and may then be found along the 

 African coast as far as the Cape of Good Hope. 



Lord Lilford (Ibis, vol. ii, p. 348,) mentions its oc- 

 currence in the Ionian Islands, in Tunis, Sardinia, and 

 the south of Spain, and states that he has been assured 

 it occurs in great numbers in the island of Cyprus. 

 Dr. Antonio Machado, in his "Catalogo de las Aves 

 Observada en Algunas, Provincias de Andalucia," says 

 it is frequent on the banks of the Guadalquivir, and 

 very common in the neighbourhood of Donana; — it 

 migrates in spring. Count Miihle says it is not imjiro- 

 bable that this bird does come into Greece occasionally, 

 as it is common on the Adriatic coasts. Linderma3Tr 



