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Greater Flamingo
Caption on plate: American Flamingo
Although
Audubon saw flamingos in the Florida Keys, he drew none while there. This
print is based on a painting he did in London in 1838, from a specimen
sent from Cuba.
"On the 7th of May 1832, while sailing from Indian Key, ... I for the
first time saw a flock of Flamingoes."
"When I reached Key West, my first inquiries, addressed to Dr. Benjamin
Strobel, had reference to the Flamingoes, and I felt gratitfied by learning
he had killed a good number of them, and that he would assist us in procuring
some."
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