. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. YOUNG MAN-O-WAR BIRD AT CLOSE RANGE, CAY VERUE, BAHAMAThe man-o-war or frigate bird has a greater expansion of wing in proportion to the weightof the body than any other bird, and in power of flight is unsurpassed, soaring for hours at agreat height, often far out at sea. It lives on flying fish or by robbing the boobie
. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. YOUNG MAN-O-WAR BIRD AT CLOSE RANGE, CAY VERUE, BAHAMAThe man-o-war or frigate bird has a greater expansion of wing in proportion to the weightof the body than any other bird, and in power of flight is unsurpassed, soaring for hours at agreat height, often far out at sea. It lives on flying fish or by robbing the boobies, gulls, andterns. The long, narrow, powerful bill has at the end a horny hook, in appearance and sub-stance like a talon, while the feet, from lack of use, are small and atrophied. The inale is abrilliant black and has a concealed pouch of red skin which, when inflated, resembles a toyballodn; the female is brownish black with a splotched breast of white. The single youngis white with black wings, and always stands erect in the nest. — Photo hi/ George Shiras, 3 ?i^x^. PARENT BOOBIES COVERING YOUNG FROM DIRECT SUN HEATOF 130 DEGREES The booby or black gannet is a maritime bird found on both oceans, with a range onthe Atlantic coast confined to tropical and sub-tropical America. It inhabits lonely isletsand in flight resembles both the cormorant and the gull, but in fishing strikes the water at alow angle, emerging against the wind. The adult has a white breast and the rest of the bodyis a beautiful soft, dark brown; the young are white at first, shading gradually into gray andthe final brown of the parents. The feet are webbed, of yellowish hue, and the odd wedge-shaped bill is a green-yellow or a pink-yellow, according to sex. When approached closelythey bow in a dignified manner and manifest great affection for their young. Cay Verde is a small island in the Bahamas of about thirty acres in extent. When visited it, in the company of Frank M. Chapman and Alfred G
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