■Geii-fis P H C E N I C O .P T E M : :l : . ; Ì r . ^
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* « * O w l ^ e ® m 4 iW*. w W f u v t f o f e » , » * * * , d x i V f p * . ■ ¿ W V i c t e i f d M ,
" , B* tb® •* lfcc te ‘*0 pii.Tcid,!h™,1yK ni:,i ,-iV;,i .¿j,** by *
; Tar" <8»« r<iil5flh;. Tot» IH &(my, united by a «* w »- „ ti» « 11U1); «*, i
feint!, which is v e ry short uixl pla iv il ìijg ii q i i j t i e J am « : ««*»■ é * r t «M l4 4 W«U*
. iiKKie.rai«, the rjui wcand' qm.I.MWi.ht.'rs the longest.
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JLe Flamànt. :
«*6* *rn < m «srtraordipary than that of é e . 'rUnSogo, whose angularly
«H p d tó l, for.g- «iiu ik a & r netfc, a f a » * log«, aj«ft k p a n t c oW iu g retidej»* it » most strifciog oh«*«, ‘¿-he
a n d Yméidca. Wei aie •
at least three o r f e t r W k $ * * v . jjj$ :<r!CHriafc wfewlw
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wively spread, and» ««deed, is one o f the commouest birds along the whole of tbe African sm
»»••fche 3>ilfis>of mere, and the lew muddy ^ and sandy shores ol
■• « " i " ' .listance from the shore. «M e tbe rorràpouding length o f ¡»
coììccttiSg'ite food . 5» placed -with its upper mandible
urnols, .1 position quite
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tor the purpose, o f enabling it io. ròivrv^ :*»«v . -.-r. ù })$»»& withftt# *i«fci#g, Him »¡or »$*> owt««»* •;
wttfeia gon-shot range, Ite % it when derated w && „
.‘Wm, as i i the ease with the Wdd v w - . .
■' •••••■' ' • . • lightrth-ji: , , , - . ¡ « à i l i e r .... .
•****■ her limbs precluding the possibility of her avumi»;, fa position : the etrgh
f. (iiliérmg fot .-«He . < ¡v;?o»r, owiy be readily distinguigli, o by the greater size of the
Daring; tante progress fram hi- «¡-¿imi-fiy, w!,iie!v occupies a space •■*:[' ffo? years, they undetvti h
I’ rose red being eharacte risii: ,>)f iHt* spring sud summer, ib e young before the first raoult ara »*f i
!yf the » * * *& * * » «ut tall, which .ire black. A s they apf)ro«fc«atuniy
RNpjpjMiialty osauntc fa i movry white and wathd pinmage óf die adulte, which may be thus dcac -ii -jy :
'IiOnd, .neck, ; up^er aiod ttijdej’ stirine * heaxHlfid ^ white ; centre of the wing g j & scade»
lu i Hood red | | the base and black at the tip : tarsi: and toes rosy red. i
flute rcpreseBte an «whiltand a young bhil alwot half the natural size.