. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. PH(ENICOVrEl{II)jE: FLAMINGOES. 679 «87. P. ru'ber. (Lat. ruber, rod. Fii;. If)'.).) Hkd Adult ^ 9 : I'lu- liiiitfc sciirlot, th'' iiriiimnps and iiicist of the sccoiidiuics Idack. lake-red. Mill Mack mi tlio teriniiial part, orange in the middle, the liase and bare skin .it' head yelhiu'. Ycinntr the
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. PH(ENICOVrEl{II)jE: FLAMINGOES. 679 «87. P. ru'ber. (Lat. ruber, rod. Fii;. If)'.).) Hkd Adult ^ 9 : I'lu- liiiitfc sciirlot, th'' iiriiimnps and iiicist of the sccoiidiuics Idack. lake-red. Mill Mack mi tlio teriniiial part, orange in the middle, the liase and bare skin .it' head yelhiu'. Ycinntr the first yi-ar white or rosy. Statnrc nearly a feet; weight 0 or 8 llis. Length ahotit i feet; extent of wings 5 feet orniore; wing K) inehei ; tail (I: ;); tihia hare !); tarsiislli; middle toe and cdaw ;{*. 9 '''^'' i in eolor. hilt smaller. Florida and (iulf coast, and .soiithwanl; .said to liav(! been \. to S. Carolina. Eirgs 2, '.li^i X ^.10, with thiek sludl, roughened with white flaky substanee, bluish when this is scraped away. The nest is describt>d as a heap of earth and other material, whi(di the birds bestride in an ungainly attitude; but it is not hiyh enough to ])ermit their long letrs to danirle, as re])resented in .some accounts and pictorial pflTorts. A recent writer iipmi one of the (lid World species states positively that the incubating bird doubles her legs under her in the usual way ; so that, unless the American species does dirt'erently, the accoiiipaiiyiii^ illustration must be consiilered conventional. The yoiiiii,' are said, on good authority, to take to the water as soon as hatched. 18. Si'BORnEU AXSKRP'S: Axskuink Bird.'! 1'uoi';. f^imply erpiivaleiit to liamellirostres as above .letined, minits the (irallatorial type. For further characters, see on, under head of the single. Fl( —Willi Diiek. 52-. Family ANATID-^: Geese, Ducks, etc. Bill Imnelliiti', stout, more or less elevated and compressed at base, widened or fl
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