44 ROSY FLAMIXOO. 



rosy colour than the male, but the wings of the same 

 colour. 



The young, after the first moult, according to Degland, 

 are of an ashy gi'cy, with black spots on the secondary 

 quills; beak greyish, Avith the point brown; legs livid; 

 iris bright yellow. As they grow the colours become 

 deeper; in immature adult age, "V age moyen,^'' they arc 

 of a light rose like the female; but the red on the 

 wings is less lively, the beak, except at the point, and 

 the legs are of a livid russet. 



My figure is taken from a young male sent me by 

 Mr. Tristram, which has the label "Carthage, March 

 11th., 1857." 



It has been figured by almost all writers on European 

 ornithology. 



