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MAN O' WAR BIRD. 



webbed, fig. 37 ; external nostrils, absent. Nests and eggs, 

 much as in D. Flight, steady, majestic, and exceedingly- 

 graceful ; wing-beats, slow. 

 Cries, harsh and loud. Pro- 

 cure their food mainly by 

 robbing other sea birds of 

 fishes which they have cap-, 

 tured. Highly gregareous at 

 all times. Young, naked at 

 first, lead-colored, but soon 

 covered with long, white 

 down. Perch well on trees 

 and rocks but do not walk 

 well. Sexes, not similar. 

 Tropical and subtropical. 



a. Frigates. Fregata. 

 Characters as in p. 



1. MAN O' WAR BIRD, 

 F. A Q u I L A . 40.00 ; male, 

 black with the lanceolate 

 scapularies and interscapula- 

 ries irridescent with green 

 and purple. Female, duller 

 black, breast and sides whit-' 

 ish. Young, head, neck, and 

 most of under parts, white ; 

 dull black elsewhere. Trop- 

 ical and subtropical seas, 

 chiefly north of the equator ; 

 breeds as far north as the Ba- 

 hamas, Florida and Texas; 

 accidental in Pa., Ohio, Kan., 

 and Nova Scotia. 



