CHILI FLAMINGO. 
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of one of them, who procured fifteen hundred Fla- 
mingoes' tongues to be served up in a single dish. 
DWARF FLAMINGO. 
(Plicenicopterus parvus.) 
Ph. rufus, remigibtis rectricibusque nigris, tectricibus superioribus 
riifo nigroque fasciatis. 
Red Flamingo with the quills and tail-feathers black, the upper 
coverts fasciated with red and black. 
Phoenicopterus parvus. Vieill. Anal, d'une Nouv. Orn. Elem. 
p. 69. 
This species is described by Vieillot in the above- 
quoted work : he says that it is red ; with its supe- 
rior coverts banded with red and black : the quills 
and tail-feathers of the latter colour : the beak and 
legs red. 
Inhabits Africa : probably the young of the last 
described. 
CHILI FLAMINGO. 
J- (Phcenicopterus Chilensis.) 
Ph. ruber, remigibus albis. 
Red Flamingo with white quills. 
Phoenicopterus Chilensis. Gmel. Si/sl. Nal. 1. 613. Lath. Irtd. 
Orn. 2. 789. 
Chili Flamingo. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 330- 
