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AMERICAN FLAMINGO. 

 Fig. 2. 



A female also preserved in spirits is much smaller. The oesophagus, Fig. 

 1, a b c d (diminished one-third) is 2 feet 1 inch long, only 3 twelfths in 

 width at the upper part, and diminishes to 2\ twelfths. At the lower part 



