MAN OF WAK BIRD. 
even fourteen feet • The wings of Edwards's 
bird, though so much larger than a Hen, ex- 
tended but little more than six feet. These ob- 
vious errors lead us strongly to suspect the pro- 
priety of some other parts of his description : 
particularly, what relates to the throat of the 
adult Male; "under which,** he says, " there is 
a large fleshy membrane of bright red, more or 
less inflated or pendulous." He adds„ *' no 
person has distinctly described these parts:'* 
which inclines us to think, that this may be an 
error, adopted from Albin's figure, notwith- 
standing the caution given by Edwards. 
./ " The steadiness and rapidity," says BufFon, 
with which this bird moves through the air, 
have procured it the name of Frigate, It 
surpasses ail the winged sailors, in the boldness, 
the vigour, and the extent of it's flight. Poised 
on wings of prodigious length, which support 
it without perceptible motion, it swims gently 
through the tranquil air : but, if the atmosphere 
be embroiled with tempests, the Frigate, nim- 
ble as the wind, ascends above the clouds, and 
stretches beyond the region of storms. It 
journies in all directions; and either mounts 
iipv/ards^ 
