FREGATA. 83 



Dull black, the central lesser wing-coverts light grayish brown, the 

 scapulars, etc., only slightly metallic, and not lanceolate ; breast and 

 sides whitish. Young : Head, neck, breast, and belly, white ; otherwise, 

 much as in the adult female. Downy young : Covered with very fluffy 

 pure white down. Length 37.50-41.00, wing 22.00-27.10 (24.90), tail 

 14.25-19.25 (17.73), forked for more than half its length; culmen 4.25- 

 5.15 (4.62). Nest a rude structure of sticks on trees or bushes (usually 

 mangroves) along sea-shore. Eggs (usually only 1), 2.70 X 1.83, pure 

 white, oval, ovate, or elongate-ovate. Hah. Tropical and subtropical 

 seas, chiefly north of the equator ; north regularly to Florida, Texas, 

 and California, accidentally to Nova Scotia, Ohio, and Kansas. 



128. F. aquila (Linn.). Man-o'-War Bird. 

 o}. Culmen less than 4.15. 



In plumage not very obviously different from F. aquila. Wing 20.50-25.25 

 (21.53), tail 15.75-17.10 (16.27), culmen 3.65-4.10 (3.90). Hah. Tropical 

 parts of the South Pacific. 



F. minor (Gmel.). Lesser Man-o'-War Bird.^ 



1 Pelecanus minor Gmel., S. N. i. 1788, 572. Fregata minor Ridgw., in B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. ii. 

 1884, 128. 



