. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. :ill IIERODIONES. 200. FREGATA MINOR. (LESSER FRIGATE-BIRD.) Pelecanus minor, Gnielin, Syst. Nut. i. p. 572. The Frigate-birds look like small Cormorants with deeply forked tails. Figures : Gould, Birds of Australia, vii. pi. 72. The Lesser Frigate-bird has been once shot at Hakodadi by Consul Quin in October (Sccbolim, Ibis, 1881, p. 33). It frequents the Pacific Ocean, priucipally uithin the tropics. Suborder XIX. IIERODIOXES. Palate dcsmognathous; mandible not produced and recurved behind its articulation with the quadrate; spinal bare spa
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. :ill IIERODIONES. 200. FREGATA MINOR. (LESSER FRIGATE-BIRD.) Pelecanus minor, Gnielin, Syst. Nut. i. p. 572. The Frigate-birds look like small Cormorants with deeply forked tails. Figures : Gould, Birds of Australia, vii. pi. 72. The Lesser Frigate-bird has been once shot at Hakodadi by Consul Quin in October (Sccbolim, Ibis, 1881, p. 33). It frequents the Pacific Ocean, priucipally uithin the tropics. Suborder XIX. IIERODIOXES. Palate dcsmognathous; mandible not produced and recurved behind its articulation with the quadrate; spinal bare space extending halfway or more up the PlCTylofiia of neck of Anlca cinerea. The Ilcrodiones comprise three families. The Ardeidte, containing about ciglity species, arc almost cosnu)jK)lit:in, but they are not found in the arctic or antarctic regions, ^flic Scojiidtc contains only one species, which is peculiar to the Ethiopian Region. The Ciconiida:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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