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AVIFAUNA OF LATSAN. 



It is very interesting to watch them when a squall is passing over; they then sail up in 

 the air in large flocks, keeping just out of the reach of the squall, whichever way it may be 

 passing. It is very interesting, too, to see them chasing other birds until they disgorge 

 their prey. 



(The photograph of this hird fighting with the Gannet and that of the young Frigate- 

 bird arc unique as illustrating the life-history of this interesting bird; also the illustrations 

 of the old bird on the nest and the female creeping in the scrub depict subjects not 

 generally known. The engraving of Palmer among the Frigate-birds (done from a photo- 

 graph) illustrates the great tameness of the bird in the breeding-season.) 



