| Show 1 I THE FLAMINGO A BIRD OF BEAUTY AND MYSTERY IS SAVED FROM extinction assurance that the flamingo bird of beauty and mystery will escape extinction Is contained lu in a letter from H E W grant colonial governor of the bahamas which bays you will be gild efad to hear that an order in council has been passed giving complete protection to the flamingo this glory of our marshes ones tile the expedition a debt of gratitude the action of the bahamas council rus ug taken following fin an expedition which trailed the flamingo the lie mott moat beautiful of the worlds larger birds to its last stand took motion pictures ures of 0 the timorous creature and brought about a realization of how low near dear they were to becoming extinct in the new world through annihilation by native sponge fishermen these fishermen hunted them thiern down for foot food purposes pt the nesting and molting bolting sc season ason TI the ia first erht american naturalist to locate a and n d study the gorgeous flamingo was or dr rank frank M Ch chapman Pulan in 1501 when lie estimated that some solve fla were to be found on oil one or of the little known islands of tho bahamas group since hen 1 it Is b belied that fully two tivo of tile the colonies have perished the expedition that spent ten days in n tile lie abysmal salt swamps of andros lhand and alining the flamingo and study ing his habitat for scientific purposes was wag sent out by the miami aquarium association A yacht was the mother ship of the expedition and an express cruiser was used as a scout boat canvas canoes were taken along to get into the shallow salt creeks and nose into tile the la goong goona tor for deep entrances to the murky swamps where the ila mingo hides A bahama guide peter bannister Baun lster who had aided doctor chapmans Chap mans party 19 years ago also went with the party after penetrating to the utmost navigable points with the canoes it W was as necessary to traverse miles of the swash or tidal marl mar marries Rhes carrying the heavy cameras aud and motion picture machines in esaich tor for the birds wading in water anter up to the waist knee deep in die lie marl mud was the dully program mille blinding swarms of mosquitoes compelled nightly retreats to lo tile the yacht anchored so colial Lial miles mile off but the hardships found a worthy reward renard when the party dime came upon colonies of several hundred birds described ascribed scribed by a member of tile the party fis as 11 a flaming mass of brilliant scarlet bodec boales i jet black beneath the huge wings with their lorg long slender necks gracefully lowering and raising their roman koman nosed heads as they sought lie he neath the water tile the tiny spiral shell known to scientists scientist sias as upon which tile the flamingo lives exclusively in I 1 n its native habitat |
