. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I -ii 128 TOTIPALMATB SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. ill iJ, 1;! Fregata aquila. THE FRIGATE ?EUCAH; KAN-O'-WAB HAWK. Pelecaniis aquilus, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 133 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 216. Tachypetes aquitus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. 1825, pi. 274. — Bonai-. Consj). II. 1855, 166.—Nutt. Mnii. II. 1834, 491.—AUD. Orn. Biog. HI. 1835, 495; V. 1839, 634 ; Synop. 1839, 307; B. Am. VII. 1844, 10, pi. 421. — Lawk, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 873. Tachypetes aquila, Baikd, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, uo. 619, — Coues, K
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I -ii 128 TOTIPALMATB SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. ill iJ, 1;! Fregata aquila. THE FRIGATE ?EUCAH; KAN-O'-WAB HAWK. Pelecaniis aquilus, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 133 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 216. Tachypetes aquitus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. 1825, pi. 274. — Bonai-. Consj). II. 1855, 166.—Nutt. Mnii. II. 1834, 491.—AUD. Orn. Biog. HI. 1835, 495; V. 1839, 634 ; Synop. 1839, 307; B. Am. VII. 1844, 10, pi. 421. — Lawk, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 873. Tachypetes aquila, Baikd, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, uo. 619, — Coues, Key, 1872, 306 ; Chnck List, 1873, no. 537 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 761. Attagen aquila, Gray, Gemnu B. III. 1845. Fregata aquila, Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vi. Hab. Coasts of tropical and subtropical America, north, casually, to Long Island, regularly to Florida, , and California. Sp. Char. Adult male: Entirely black, the lanceolate feathers of the back and scapulars glossed with dull bottle-green and reddish purple. " Bill light purplish blue, white in the middle, the curved tips dusky ; inside of mouth carmine ; gular sac orange ; bare space about the eye pur- plish blue; iris deep brown; feet light carmine above, orange beneath" (Audubon). Adult female: Dull black, the central area of the lesser wing-covert region light grayish brown ; back and scapulars only faintly glossed, the feathers not Linceoliite. Breast with a large white patch, extending downward along each side nearly or quite to the Hanks, and upward on the sides of the. 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 Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880. Boston : Little, Brown
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