RED FLAMINGO. 
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Wt" ^ north coast mostly in October and November ; 
*0 soon as the wind changes, they totally disappear.* 
of in the Cape Verd Isles, particularly in that 
of f The nest is of a singular construction, made 
th ®i'“P0 of a hillock, with a cavity at top ; in 
female lays generally two white eggs,:}; of the 
hjjl those of a goose, but more elongated. The 
is of such a height as to admit of the bird’s 
on it conveniently, or rather standing, as the 
Pi'iced one on each side at full length. $ The 
oaunot fly till full grown, but run very fast, 
fioj., f'i'imingoes, for the most part, keep together in 
and now and then are seen in great numbers 
ll^rl’ner, except in breeding time. Dampier mentions 
" ith two more in company, killed fourteen at 
lof 1 hut this was eft'ected by secreting themselves, 
SUj.ihey arc very shy birds, and will, by no means, 
”110 ''t any one to approach, openly, near enough to 
them. II Kolben observes, that they are very 
bof^®''ons at the Cape, keeping in the day on the 
in the long grass on the hills, 
frequenting the same latitudes as in other 
(j^y of the world ; being met with in Peru, Chili, 
y^fj *'**6,11 and the coast of Brazil, as well as the 
**> J Inlands of the West Indies. Sloane found them 
^taaica; but particularly at the Bahama Islands, 
of nf the lakes and id vers, and lodging themselves 
Coij)£hts in the long grass on the hills. They are also 
^^oi* fa various places in the warmer parts of 
of Cuba, n here they breed. When seen at 
aiT„ aiice, they appear as a regiment of soldiers, being 
the alongside of one another, on the borders of 
''6*'s, searching for food, which chiefly consists of 
* 
I Jims, ii, p. 248. f Dampier’s "Foy. i, p. 70. 
^ tliaa tliree, and seldom fewer. Ti'uns. 
will lay the eggs on, a projecting part of a low 
Wi placed sufficiently convenient so as to admit of the 
I II t)av^ PlS'Ced one on each side. — Linnaeus. 
* talks of the gunner disguising himsell* in an ox hide, and, 
^ gtinshot. Hist, of JBarhadocs^yi- 8t. 
®d there by the name of Tococo. 
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