Flamingoes and Cariamas
Abstract
IN NATURE, vol. xxvii. p. 334, an account is given of the curious behaviour of a flamingo towards a cariama. May I point out that this habit of the flamingo was observed in 1869 by Mr. Bartlett, and will be found in a P.S. to a paper of his entitled `` Remarks upon the Habits of the Hornbills,'' read before the Zoological Society, February 25, 1869. The liquid was examined by Dr. Murie, and is said to have consisted almost entirely of blood. A short notice of the habit, communicated by Mr. Bartlett, appears also in Buckland's Edition of ``White's Selborne.''
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 1883
- DOI:
- 10.1038/027389c0
- Bibcode:
- 1883Natur..27..389C