THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRD FAMILY 



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which as yet we know nothing about, and which remains to 

 be discovered and described. 



Besides the species described above, there are five other 

 species of gannets, called Boobys, with various prefixes, which 

 touch the coasts of the continent of North America. 



Photograph by R. J. Beck. Galapagos Islands. 



MAN-O'-WAE BIRDS. 



THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRD FAMILY 



Fregatidae 



Whenever at sea in the tropics your attention is arrested 

 by the flight far aloft of a big, dark-colored bird with long, 

 sharp-pointed wings, and a long tail that is deeply forked, know 

 that it is a Frigate Bird,^ or, as the sailors call it, Man-o'- 

 War "Hawk." It is a long-distance flier, and goes out far 



> Fre-ga'ta a'quil-a. Length, about 40 inches. 



