. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Olor oolurnbianus. General plumage, gray, or brownish gray; birds of this description may be theyounoj of either of the above species, the difference in the distance from the bill to the eyebein^> characteiistic as in the old birds. FAMILY FLAMINGOES. 85 FAHILY PHCENICOPTERID/E. Flamingoes. Large, tall birds, usually red or pink; bill, very much bent, with tooth-like serrations on edge-Wing, over 17 inches long (carpus to tip).. Geiienil plumage, red or piuk: ueck and legs, long; l)ill
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Olor oolurnbianus. General plumage, gray, or brownish gray; birds of this description may be theyounoj of either of the above species, the difference in the distance from the bill to the eyebein^> characteiistic as in the old birds. FAMILY FLAMINGOES. 85 FAHILY PHCENICOPTERID/E. Flamingoes. Large, tall birds, usually red or pink; bill, very much bent, with tooth-like serrations on edge-Wing, over 17 inches long (carpus to tip).. Geiienil plumage, red or piuk: ueck and legs, long; l)ill, iiiiieh lieiil witli tootli-iike scrra-tious ou edge. Ph(Fuicoptems ruber. Flamingo. See No. 138. A few Flamingoes are still foninl in extieme soutlici-n Iloriila. The species is eoinnioii i-nthe Bahama Islands. 86 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. FAniLY PLATALEID/E. Spoonbills. Bill, wide and flat at tlie end ; toes, four, all on same level. Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. \
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