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Arj,F.A’’S NATURAT.IST's Lir.RARY. 
THE TRUE FLAMINGOES. GENUS PH^’ICOPTERUS. 
Phm 7 iicoplerus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 230 (1766). 
Type, P, ruber, Linn. 
The Flamingoes are divided by Count Salvadori into three 
genera, Phcenicopterus, Phmiicojiaias, and Phanicoparriis. The 
latter is confined to the Andes of Chili and Peru, the second 
to Africa and North-western India, while the genus Phcenicop- 
terus is found throughout the greater part of the tropical Old 
World, with the exception of the Australian Region, and occurs 
again in the Neotropical Region. 
I. THE COMMON FLAMINGO. PHAtNICOPTERUS ROSEUS. 
Phmtkopierus roseus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 207 
(1811); Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 343, pi. 410 (1879); 
Saunders, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. iv. p. 244 (1884) : id. Man. 
Br. B. p. 383 (1889). 
Adult Male. — White, with a rosy tinge, especially on the tail ; 
upper wing-coverts bright scarlet ; quills black, with the inner- 
most secondaries rosy ; under surface white with a rosy tinge, 
the under wing-coverts and axillaries bright scarlet ; bare skin 
near the eye and base of bill fleshy-pink ; end of bill and 
edges of the lower mandible black ; legs and feet pinkish-red 
iris pale lemon-yellow. Total length, 50 inches; culmen, 5-5 ; 
wing, i7'o; tail, 7’o; tarsus, i3'o. 
Adult Female. — Similar to the male, but a little smaller. 
Young Birds. — Brown above, with darker central streaks on the 
feathers; the head and neck whitish, tinged with buff, especially 
on the upper neck ; under surface of body whitish, with a tinge 
of buff, the axillaries pale pink ; base of bill dull pink ■ legs 
dull lead-colour. ’ 
Nestling. — Covered with white down, greyer on the back • the 
bill quite straight. 
Range in Great Britain. — Flamingoes are so often kept in cap- 
tivity in our Zoological Gardens and in private aviaries, that it 
is quite possible that an individual occasionally escapes, which 
may account for the odd specimens which have been shot in 
England. Three instances, however, of the capture of the 
