Note 6 — Chapter II · UNEXPLORED SPAIN (Continued) ON TRAVEL AND OTHER THINGS
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By their peculiar style of aviation these birds, swaying up and down and swerving on zigzag courses, alternately expose a scintillating crimson mass suddenly flashing into a cloud of black and rosy white—according as their brilliant wing-plumage or their white bodies are presented to the eye. “A flame of fire” is the Arab signification of their name flamenco.