FLAMINGO. 47 



I observe this bird in several drawings from India, and it certainly 

 is there sufficiently common ; its name in the Bengalese is Khonegil ; 

 it is also called Hanse, and Hanse Taulkan. 



It has been observed to us, that the Flamingo of the Old Con- 

 tinent, and that of America, are distinct as to species; but if so, we 

 have not hitherto received sufficient information, for distinguishing 

 the one from the other. Mr. Temminck mentions a smaller sort as 

 distinct, which inhabits India. * 



2.— CHILI FLAMINGO. 



Phaenicopterus Chilensis, Ind. Orn. ii. ?S9. Gm. Lin. i. 613. Molin. Chil. 214. 



Id. Fr. ed. 222. 

 Chili Flamingo, Gen. Sijn. Sup. 330. 



THE height of this bird from the bill to the end of the claws is 

 five feet, and the body itself one foot; the back and wings of a 

 fiery red, the rest of the plumage of a beautiful white. The bill is 

 five inches long; the head small, oblong, crowned with a sort of 

 crest; the eyes small, but brilliant; the tail is short, and rounded ; 

 and the wings of a proper size ; but in one particular the bird differs 

 from the common sort ; for the quills are of a pure white, which in 

 the others are quite black. The young said to differ from the adult, 

 in being of a grey colour. 



This is probably one of the finest birds in Chili, and frequents only 

 the fresh waters. The inhabitants value it much on account of the 

 beautiful feathers, with which they adorn their helmets and spears ; 

 the wings are also converted into fans, and other purposes. The 

 manners, as to incubation, &c. are the the same as in the more 

 common sort. 



* Manuel, p. cii. 



