SOME OCEAN WANDERERS 



THE ocean wanderers of the feathered world 

 are renowned and tireless travellers. They 

 are perpetually traversing 



The sea, the sea, 

 The open sea, 

 The ever boundless, 

 Ever free. 



The frigate bird may head the list, as it is 

 completely pelagic in all its habits. These 

 birds belong to the family Fregatidse, which 

 are included in the order of Steganopodes 

 (and are therefore allied to the gannets, 

 pelicans, &c.). A few anatomical details 

 may be noticed regarding this group : it 

 will be found that all four toes are connected 

 together by a web which often extends to 

 their extremities. The legs are very short, 

 and the skulls lack the deep grooves for 

 glands in the frontal region which characterize 

 many other aquatic birds. The frigate birds 



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