THE FLAMINGO 
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sort of spoon. This would 
certainly he inconve- 
nient, if not impossible, 
to other birds ; hut not 
to the Flamingo, owing 
to its remarkably long, 
slender, and flexible 
neck. A still greater 
inconvenience would 
ensue, if it were under 
the necessity of sitting 
on its nest, like other 
birds ; for it would then 
he utterly impossible to 
dispose of its long, 
stilted, disproportioned legs. Nature has, however, met the 
difficulty, and taught it how to make a nest exactly suited to 
its form and length of leg. It is made of mud, in the shape 
Nest of the Flamingo. 
