. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. (f I il. FLAMINGO. RUBER. Char. General color bright pink, deei)cst on breast and winus; ]iri- mar\- and s^econdary feathers of wings black ; base of bill yellow, terminal half black. Legs red. The young are paler, the pink tints deepening with age Length about 4 feet. Stature nearly 5 feet. .\«./. L'sually in a colony, situated on the shore of a shailow lagoon or pond, or on a mud island, — a sauc
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. (f I il. FLAMINGO. RUBER. Char. General color bright pink, deei)cst on breast and winus; ]iri- mar\- and s^econdary feathers of wings black ; base of bill yellow, terminal half black. Legs red. The young are paler, the pink tints deepening with age Length about 4 feet. Stature nearly 5 feet. .\«./. L'sually in a colony, situated on the shore of a shailow lagoon or pond, or on a mud island, — a saucer-like depression in the mud, with a rim or bulwark 3 to 6 inches in height. Sometimes a cone-shaped mound of mud is built up from the bottom of the lagoon and raised S to 10 inches or higher above the water level. iEgjTf. 2 ; white, n>uch elongated, and with a rough plaster-iike surface; X Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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