. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. «.JI 'Afv^ ^'/* 416 LAMELLIROSTKAL GllALLATORES — PHCENICOPTERI. Length, about (M) inciiL-s ; extent, ;)-()6.(H»; wing, ; culmen, about ; baio portion of tibia, ; , ; niidiUe toe, Perl'i'ctly ailult 's are almost uniform tine vennilion-scarlet, as above ; lesa mature inilividuals are paler, the neeii ami b(xly liyht vermilion-pink, tlie wiu'^s light vermilion- flcurlet. The very young birds ui'e said to be covered w
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. «.JI 'Afv^ ^'/* 416 LAMELLIROSTKAL GllALLATORES — PHCENICOPTERI. Length, about (M) inciiL-s ; extent, ;)-()6.(H»; wing, ; culmen, about ; baio portion of tibia, ; , ; niidiUe toe, Perl'i'ctly ailult 's are almost uniform tine vennilion-scarlet, as above ; lesa mature inilividuals are paler, the neeii ami b(xly liyht vermilion-pink, tlie wiu'^s light vermilion- flcurlet. The very young birds ui'e said to be covered with a white cottony down. M ' ill iS i: 1 |. I m. The American Flamingo has small c-laim to be ranked as a bird of tlie Xortli American fauna, being found only in the extreme portion of Florida 5 and, even there, the constant persecutions to which it is subjected nuist, by the resulting extei- niination of the species within a very few years, put an end to even this limited claim. This Flamingo is more or loss abundant in several of the AVest India Islands. most especially Cuba and the Bahama Islands ; and a single specimen has been noticed in the Uernmdas. The late Dr. Gustavus Wiirdemann visited Florida in 1857, and made some inter- esting observations rehitive to this species, which Avere published, after his death, in the "Annual Keport of the Smithsonian Institution'' for ISfJO. He speaks of tlic Flamingo as being known to but few of the inhabitants of Flori<la, and as being con- fined to the immediate neighlxu'hood of the most southern ])ortion of that penin- sula— Ctape Sable and the Keys in its vicinity. It existed formerly near Indian lliver, but had been driven from that region. On the west coast of Florida it ranges as far north as Cape Romano, where it Avas seen every year, but was not known to breed there, and was supposed to nest among the fresh-water lakes near Cape Sable. Having been told that Flanungoes were taken during the latter i)art of June a
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