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  Fregata 
  aquila 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Man-o'-war 
  Bird 
  

  

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  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  lo. 
  1758. 
  i 
  : 
  133 
  

   Fregata 
  aquila 
  A. 
  0. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  128 
  

  

  jregd'ta, 
  Ital., 
  frigate; 
  a'qidla, 
  Lat., 
  eagle; 
  probably 
  aquilus, 
  dark, 
  swarthy 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult 
  male: 
  Black, 
  glossy 
  above. 
  Female: 
  Brownish 
  

   black, 
  lesser 
  wing 
  coverts 
  grayish 
  brown; 
  breast 
  and 
  upper 
  belly 
  white. 
  

   Voting: 
  Sin-iilar 
  to 
  female, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  white. 
  

  

  Length 
  40 
  inches; 
  extent 
  84-96; 
  wing 
  23-27 
  ; 
  tail 
  15-19, 
  forked 
  8 
  inches, 
  

   or 
  more; 
  bill 
  4.5-6; 
  tarsus 
  i. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  tropics 
  and 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Florida 
  

   Keys, 
  sometimes 
  wanders 
  northward 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  captured 
  in 
  Kansas, 
  

   Ohio 
  and 
  Nova 
  Scotia. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  only 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  New 
  

   York, 
  the 
  first 
  on 
  Faulkner's 
  island, 
  by 
  Captain 
  Brooks, 
  in 
  1859 
  [see 
  Am. 
  

   Nat. 
  9:470], 
  the 
  second 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr 
  Joseph 
  P. 
  Miller 
  near 
  the 
  lighthouse 
  

   of 
  Gardiners 
  island, 
  August 
  4, 
  1886, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  

   of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  

  

  Order 
  ANSERES 
  

  

  Lamellirostral 
  Swimmers 
  

  

  Order 
  Anseriformes, 
  Sharpe's 
  Hand-List 
  

  

  Bill 
  lamellate, 
  or 
  fitted 
  aloiig 
  the 
  edges 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  flutings, 
  with 
  

   a 
  membranous 
  covering, 
  and 
  a 
  nail 
  or 
  dentrum 
  at 
  the 
  tip; 
  feet 
  palmate, 
  the 
  

   front 
  toes 
  being 
  webbed; 
  hallux, 
  or 
  hind 
  toe, 
  free 
  and 
  elevated; 
  wings 
  of 
  

   moderate 
  length 
  with 
  10 
  functional 
  primaries 
  and 
  a 
  remicle; 
  secondaries 
  

   about 
  19, 
  the 
  fifth 
  wanting; 
  legs 
  short, 
  the 
  knees 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  

   body 
  covering, 
  and 
  the 
  tibiae 
  feathered 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  joint 
  ; 
  position 
  of 
  legs 
  

   nearer 
  center 
  of 
  body 
  than 
  in 
  grebes 
  and 
  cormorants, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  central 
  

   as 
  in 
  gulls 
  and 
  placed 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  broad 
  body, 
  giving 
  them 
  a 
  

   peculiar 
  waddling 
  gait; 
  neck 
  usually 
  long; 
  plumage 
  soft 
  and 
  dense, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  the 
  breast, 
  with 
  a 
  copious 
  covering 
  of 
  down; 
  palate 
  desmognathous 
  ; 
  

   sternum 
  long 
  and 
  broad; 
  pelvis 
  large; 
  oil 
  gland 
  tufted 
  ; 
  carotids 
  two 
  ; 
  ambiens, 
  

   f 
  emorocaudal 
  and 
  its 
  accessory 
  and 
  semitendinosus 
  muscles 
  present 
  ; 
  gizzard 
  

   large 
  and 
  very 
  muscular; 
  tongue 
  large 
  and 
  flesh}-, 
  with 
  fully 
  developed 
  

   glossohyal 
  bone. 
  

  

  This 
  order 
  contests 
  with 
  the 
  order 
  Gallinae 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  greatest 
  economic 
  

   importance 
  among 
  birds. 
  It 
  comprises 
  all 
  the 
  so 
  called 
  waterfowd, 
  and 
  

   their 
  general 
  appearance 
  and 
  habits 
  are 
  well 
  known 
  through 
  their 
  familiar 
  

  

  