44 ' KOSY FLAMINGO. 



rosy colour than the male^ but tlie wings of the same 

 colour. 



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

 are of an ashy grey, with black spots on the secondary 

 quills; beak greyish, w^ith the point brown; legs livid; 

 iris bright yellow. As they grow the colours become 

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

 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 

 ornitholosfY. 



