A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles (1859) (14755230245)

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Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons ...
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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ROSY FLAMINGO. ROSY FI-AMINGO. 39 Flammant rose, Of the French. EuropaiscJier Flamingo, Of the Germans. FenicoUero, Savi. Specific Characters.—General plumage rosy; wing coverts briglitrosy red; primaries black. Length four feet; carpus to tip fifteeninches; length of neck twenty-four inches; length of beak fourinches; bare part of femur nine inches; tarsus twelve inches;middle toe three inches and a half. The Flamingo is a well-known bird in the southof Europe. The European species was formerly con-founded with the true P. ruber, which is a bird foundboth in America and Africa. The Rosy Flamingo, as I venture to call it, is foundprincipally on the coasts of Spain, Italy, and France,which abut on the Mediterranean. It is found acci-dently in Sicily and Calabria. It is also found onthe banks of the Rhone, and in Provence; rarely onthe Rhine. According to Temminck it passes the winterin great numbers in the marshes and swamps betweenCagliari and Capoterra. Some years it is common inSa