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THE FLAMINGO. 
soon found a remedy, by walking with the other, 
and using its bill as a crutch, and probably find- 
ing it as serviceable as a wooden leg, which, 
strange to say, has been supplied in a similar case. 
The circumstance is mentioned by an eye-witness *. 
u A Crane, having,” as he says, “ had one of his legs 
broken, and cut off above the knee, had a wooden 
leg and thigh, with a joint so accurately made, that 
the creature could walk and use it as well as if it had 
been natural.” 
We have alluded to the bright pink and scarlet 
colours of the Flamingoes, which give them a 
* Evelyn’s Diary , vol. ii. 
