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PELECANIDJE; CORMORANT, FRIGATE BIRD. 



Cormorant, which ranges from Britain to America and India, 

 and the Frigate, or Man-of-War Bird, of the tropics, are all 





FIG. 304. FRIGATE BIRD. 



closely allied to the Pelican in structure, and resemble it in 

 habits. The last-named Bird is remarkable for its extent of 

 wing, and for its habit of tyrannising over the Gulls and 

 Boobies, from which it forces the prey they have captured. 



