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qua fua mole commendantur, Avis illx ex AEgypto all at a eft, 
quam Veteres ob plumas in Alis rubeas Phcenicopterum dix- 
ere. John de Laet writes, that there is an Abundance of 
them in the ffland of Cuba, as alfo at the I He called Rocca, 
lying on theiCoaft of the Province of Venezuela in South 
America ; and Rochfort fays the fame thing of the Ifland 
of Si. Domingo. 
(l) D ampler faw fomc few of them at Sal , one of the- 
Cape Virde Iflands: He hath likewife feen fome of them 
at Rio la Hacba ; alfo at an Ifland near the Main of A - 
merica right againft ^uerifao, call’d by the Privateers 
Flamingo- Key, from the Multitude of thefe Fowls that 
breed there ; and he never faw of their Nefts and Young 
but there only. 
Tho’ thefe winged Creatures live for the mod: part in 
thofe hot Countries, yet they fomctimes vifit us here in 
Europe, and fo may be accounted amongft the Migra- 
tory Kind, or Birds of Pafiage, which is confirmed by 
theTeftimonies of feveral Authors.* For, 
Bellonius told us long ago, migrant ultra mare, and are 
often taken in Italy, and oftner in Spain. 
(m) Gajfendus fays they are frequently catched in the 
fenny Grounds and Marfhes about Arles in Provence , up- 
on the Rhone. 
Gefnerus . guidam mihi retulit avem hanc non procul a 
Monte-Peflulano capi He fays in another Place, that they 
fwim in Flocks not far from the Shore in Mediterranco 
Mari Galileo. 
Willoughby writes, that in hard Weather in the Winter 
Time, it comes over to the Coalt of Provence (and is 
often taken about Martiquez , a Sea- Port Town in that 
Country) and inLanguedoc,and is frequently found about 
Montpelier: But whence it comes and where it is bred, 
(/) Damp. New Voyage round the World, p. 67. (m) Gajf. Vita Pei- 
rejc . Lib, II, in fine. 
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