. Birds. Birds. 408 THCENICOPTEEIDiE. Family PHCENICOPTERID^. Genus PHffiNICOPTERXJS, Linn., 1776. Key to the Species. a. Upper mandible convex above and overlapping lower; wing ] 4-18 in P. roseus, p. 408. b. Upper mandible flattened above and included be- tween rami of lower; wing about 13 in P. minor, p. 410. 1575. Phoenicopterus rosens. The Common Flamingo. Phoenioopterus roseus, PaS. Zoogr. JRosso-Asiat. ii, p. 207 (1811);. Blyth, Cat. p. 299 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 509; Jerdmt, B. I. Ill, p. 776 ; Hume, 8. F. \, p. 257; Adam, ibid. p. 400; Butler, S. F. iv, p. 25; v, pp. 234, 287; ix,
. Birds. Birds. 408 THCENICOPTEEIDiE. Family PHCENICOPTERID^. Genus PHffiNICOPTERXJS, Linn., 1776. Key to the Species. a. Upper mandible convex above and overlapping lower; wing ] 4-18 in P. roseus, p. 408. b. Upper mandible flattened above and included be- tween rami of lower; wing about 13 in P. minor, p. 410. 1575. Phoenicopterus rosens. The Common Flamingo. Phoenioopterus roseus, PaS. Zoogr. JRosso-Asiat. ii, p. 207 (1811);. Blyth, Cat. p. 299 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 509; Jerdmt, B. I. Ill, p. 776 ; Hume, 8. F. \, p. 257; Adam, ibid. p. 400; Butler, S. F. iv, p. 25; v, pp. 234, 287; ix, p. 436; Fairbanh, S. F. iv,. p. 264; Bavidson $â Wend. S. Jl" vii, p. 92; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 91; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1092 ; Beid, S. F. x, p. 78; Davidson, ibid. p. 325; Sume, ibid. p. 513; Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 188; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvii, p. 12; Baker, Jour. Bom. N. M. Sac. xi, p. 2. Fhoenicopterus antiquorum, Temni. Man. d'Om. ed. 2, ii, p. 587 (1820); Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 419; Blanf. Fastem Pers. ii, p. 300;. Sume, S. F. vii, p. 491; id. Cat. no. 944; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 392; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vi, p. 285; fit. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 179; Lester, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. viii, p. 553. Phoenicopterus andersoni. Brooks, P. A. 8. B. 1875, pp. 17, 48; Sume, 8. F. iii, p. 414. Bog-hdns, Rdj-hans, H.; Kdn-thunti, Beng.; Pit-konga, Samdrapa-- chilluka, Tel.; Punari, Tarn. ; TJrian, Tam. (Ceylon).. Kg. 100.âHead of P. rosms. Coloration. Head, neck, body, and tail white, more or less- sufEused with rosy pink; upper surface of wing with the winglet,. tertiaries, wing-lining near the edge of the wing, and axillaries deeper red, approaching cerise ; primaries, secondaries, and greater under wing-coverts black. , Toung birds have the head, neck, and body whitish, tinged 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
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