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HERODIONES. 



200. FREGATA MINOR. 



(LESSER FRIGATE-BIRD.) 

 Pelecarms minor, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 572. 



The Frigate-birds look like small Cormorants with deeply forked 

 tails. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Australia, vii. pi. 72. 



The Lesser Frigate-bird has been once shot at Hakodadi by Consul 

 Quin in October (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 33). 



It frequents the Pacific Ocean, principally within the tropics. 



Suborder XIX. HERODIONES. 



Palate desmognathous ; mandible not produced and recurved 

 behind its articulation with the quadrate ; spinal bare space extending 

 halfway or more up the neck. 





I.ATE.RAL 



Pterylosis of neck of Ardea einerea. 



The Herodiones comprise three families. The Ardeidce, containing 

 about eighty species, are almost cosmopolitan, but they are not found 

 in the arctic or antarctic regions. The Scopidce contains only one 

 species, which is pecuKar to the Ethiopian Region. The Ciconiidee 



