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FLAMINGOES, DUCKS, AND SCREAMERS. 
of North-Western India, form one of the most wonderful sights in the world. On 
the lakes of Sind, Mr. Hume describes the flocks as comprising tens of thousands 
of individuals, which may he seen either massed upon the water, looking like huge 
rosy islands, or floating above it like a cloud at sunset. Still more wonderful is it 
EUROPEAN FLAMINGOES (£ nat. size). 
“ to see one of these enormous flocks rise suddenly when alarmed; as you approach 
them, so long as they remain on the water at rest, they look simply like a mass 
of faintly rosy snow. A rifle is fired, and then the exposure of the upper and 
under-coverts of the wing turns the mass into a gigantic, brilliantly rosy scarf, 
waving too and fro in mighty folds, as it floats away.” 
Although essentially a wader, the flamingo in deep water can swim well and 
