MAN OF WAR BIRD. 
WE have figured this bird fronfi Edwards, 
nd shall commence our account of it with 
vhat he says on the subject* 
" The original,'* says he, " was a stuffed 
km I w^hich, from bill-point to tail-end, mea- 
Lired thirty-six inches: the wing, when closed, 
k'as twenty-three inches long ; and the tips of 
le wings, when extended, upwards of six 
set distant. The tail is forked, having the 
utside feathers thirteen inches long. The 
rime quills measured sixteen inches. The 
lill has tv/o channels, running the whole length 
f the upper mandible; at the ends of whichj 
icxt the head, the nostrils are placed: it is of 
. red colour; and widens toward the swallow, 
he angles of the mouth being nearly tvv^o inches 
istant from each other. The whole bird, 
xcept the throat and breast, is covered with 
eathers of a rusty brpv/nish or black colour: 
,ie belly, insldes of the wings, and under-side 
f the tail, being a very little lighter than the 
buck. 
