. 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. §1 ZO L 173 J ^^^^ national GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY [^=^. 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
. 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. §1 ZO L 173 J ^^^^ national GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY [^=^. 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^
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