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F. 61. SULIDAE ( 4 ), GANNETS, Booby, Solan Goose, 11 sp. 
— 4(1)A., 3(0)0., 1(0)P., 3(1)E., 6(l)Nc., 5(2)N1. 
4 148 Australian Gannet, Takupu, 8ula serrator. A., T., 
11 N.Z. Stat. c. bays 32 
White; wing-quills black; head, hind-neck buff; f., sim.; 
young brown spotted. Fish. 
F. 62. FREGATIDAE (2), FRIGATE BIRDS, Man-o*-war- 
bird, 2 sp.— 2(0)A., 2(0)0., 1(0)P., 2(0)E., 
l(0)Nc., 2(0)N1. (Tropical Seas). 
2 149 Frigate-Bird, Man-o'-war-Bird, Fregata aquila. 
2 Stat. r. ocean 40 
Brownish-black; about eyes, pouch on throat deep red; 
variable in size, color; bill long, hooked; tail forked; 
wings very long; legs very short; f., browner; breast, 
flanks whitish. Stolen fish, young turtles. 
F. 6 3. PHAETHONTIDAE (2), TROPIC BIRDS, Boatswain- 
Bird, Straw-Tails, 7 sp.— 4(1)A., 4(1)0., 4(0)E., 
3(0)Nc., 4(0)N1. 
F. 64. PELECANIDAE (1), PELICANS, 10 sp.— 1(1)A., 
4(1)0., 3(0)P., 3(1)E., 3(0)Nc., 4(1)N1. 
1 150 Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus, N.G., A., 
10 ^ T., N.Z. =vt. COS. bird. c. lagoons, hays 60 
White; wings, tail black; bill pink, pouch yellowish; f., 
Sim. Fish, insects. 
F. 65. Cathartidac, Condor, Turkey (American, New World) 
Vultures, 9 sp.— 3(l)Nc., 8(6)N1. The largest of 
flying birds. 
Mast Head Island. Its wings are long, the forked tail also is 
long, but the legs and feet are very small. It is a creature of 
the air, and gets its living by compelling hard-working sea-birds 
to disgorge their prey. 
The last bird in this varied Order is the Pelican. Our Aus- 
tralian Pelican is one of the largest of its tribe. Its enormous 
pouch distinguishes it at once. The ten Pelicans are practically 
world-wide in their distribution. On the trip of the Manawatu 
last year round the islands of Bass Strait, we visited the Peli- 
cans' nesting-place on Penguin Island. This bird is practically 
identical with the ''Pelican of the wilderness" mentioned in Holy 
Writ. The Pelican enjoys a reputation for maternal care of her 
offspring; indeed, she was said to feed the young with her own 
blood. This was probably due to the fact that one species of 
Pelican has a blood-red tip to the bill. Young Pelicans have not 
the long bill or the pouch. Thus this bird illustrates the truth of 
the statement that each animal in its development climbs its own 
ancestral tree, or, to say it in another form, each animal in its 
development recapitulates the life-history of the race. The Peli- 
can has evidently descended from birds that possessed a short bill. 
The well-known Birds of Prey, so keen of eye, so rapid of flight, 
so fearless in courage, and so matchless in fight, have spread over 
almost the whole known world. The Eagles of one land are. 
