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IIERODIONES. 



200. FREGATA MINOR. 

 (LESSER FRIGATE-BIRD.) 



Pelecanus minor, Gnielin, Syst. Nut. i. p. 572. 



The Frigate-birds look like small Cormorants with deeply forked 

 tails. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Australia, vii. pi. 72. 



The Lesser Frigate-bird has been once shot at Hakodadi by Consul 



Quin in October (Sccbolim, Ibis, 1881, p. 33). 



It frequents the Pacific Ocean, priucipally uithin the tropics. 



Suborder XIX. IIERODIOXES. 



Palate dcsmognathous ; mandible not produced and recurved 

 behind its articulation with the quadrate ; spinal bare space extending 

 halfway or more up the neck. 



PlCTylofiia of neck of Anlca cinerea. 



The Ilcrodiones comprise three families. The Ardeidte, containing 

 about ciglity species, arc almost cosnu)jK)lit:in, but they are not found 

 in the arctic or antarctic regions, ^flic Scojiidtc contains only one 

 species, which is peculiar to the Ethiopian Region. The Ciconiida: 



