FREOA TA. 83 



Dull black, the central lesser wing-coverts liglit graj'ish brown, the 

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

 sid(!s whitish. Young : Head, neck, breast, and belly, w'hite; otherwise, 

 much as in the adult female. Doicny yonng : 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.G2). Nest a rude structure of sticks on trees or bushes (usually 

 mangroves) along sea-shoro. Eggs (usually onl}' 1), 2.70 X 1-83, pure 

 white, oval, ovate, or elongate-ovate. Hab. 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, 

 rt'. 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. aquila minor (Gmel.). Lesser Man-o'-War Bird.' 



I Pilecanus ntinor Gmel., S. N. i. 1788, 572. Fret/ata minor Kidgw., in B. B. & R. Water B. X. Am. 

 18S4, 128. 



