... and arenot otherwise noticeable; small birds of the land and wood; the food of the serpent, of man, or of the stronger creatures of their own kind,—that even these, thoughamong the simplest ... impression on the Greeks, whoknew the flamingo, and had made it, under the name of Phœnix or Phœnicopterus, the center of their myths of scarlet birds. Theybroadly embraced the general aspect of the ... stories of doubtfulorigin, printed in every book on the subject of birds for the last fifty years;thirdly, an account of the feathers, from the comb to the rump, with enumeration of the colors...