. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XLIX. FLAMINGOES 275 and swung from side to side, the food, which consists mainly of mollusks, being thus scraped up. 1. Roseate Spoonbill (183. Ajaja {i-l-a) ajaja). — A very large, rare, southern, pink or rosy-colored ibis-like bird, with a head bare of feathers, and a bill much broadened at the tip, like a spoon. The sides of neck and end of the tail are buff, and the neck and upper back nearly white. The young has the head feathered. These birds are gener
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XLIX. FLAMINGOES 275 and swung from side to side, the food, which consists mainly of mollusks, being thus scraped up. 1. Roseate Spoonbill (183. Ajaja {i-l-a) ajaja). — A very large, rare, southern, pink or rosy-colored ibis-like bird, with a head bare of feathers, and a bill much broadened at the tip, like a spoon. The sides of neck and end of the tail are buff, and the neck and upper back nearly white. The young has the head feathered. These birds are generally in flocks, and the nesting is in colonies. (Pink ";) Length, 28-35; wing, 15; tail, 4^; tarsus, 4^; culmen, 6f. South Atlantic and Gull States, south to Patagonia. ORDER XII. TOOTH-BILLED WADERS (ODONTO- GLOSS^) An order consisting of the following: FAMILY XLIX. FLAMIXGOES (PHCENICOPTERID.'E) A small family (7 species) of large, exceedin^^lv long-legged, long-necked, web-footed, semi-tro]ii birds, with peculiarly bent bill, the edges uf which are furnished with ridges or lamellie, like those of the ducks. 1. American Flamingo (182. Phoeni- cdpterus riiber). — A southern, ex- ceedingly tall, rosy to vermilion- colored wading bird, with black wing quills, and a peculiar, heavy, abruptly bent bill. The toes of the flamingo are fully webbed, and the lamellae of the bill are used as strainers (as in the case of the ducks) through which the sand and mud are separated from the food. These birds gather in flocks in shal- AmerioaE Flamingo. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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