. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . denly alarmed drops directlyinto the water and instantly disappears; has the power ofsinking slowly under the surface, beneath which it can swimwith ease, thus capturing the fishes upon which it feeds;sometimes plunges into the water when in full flight, butalways obliquely, and can emerge in flight; often swims withthe head and neck or even the head or bill projecting abovethe surface. The cry, seldom given, is guttural and in tropical and subtropical America, north in sum-mer to the Carolinas, the mouth of the Ohio and sou
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . denly alarmed drops directlyinto the water and instantly disappears; has the power ofsinking slowly under the surface, beneath which it can swimwith ease, thus capturing the fishes upon which it feeds;sometimes plunges into the water when in full flight, butalways obliquely, and can emerge in flight; often swims withthe head and neck or even the head or bill projecting abovethe surface. The cry, seldom given, is guttural and in tropical and subtropical America, north in sum-mer to the Carolinas, the mouth of the Ohio and southernKansas. Breeds in Florida in March. Fig. 36. F. FRIGATE BIRDS. Fregatidae. Ocean birds of large size and power-ful flight; bill, longer than head, some-what flattened and strongly hooked, , head, large and somewhat crested;gula sac, rather large; space around eye,naked but this does not extend to bill;neck, short; wings, long; tail, deeplyforked, outer feathers, considerably elon-gated ; feet, very small, toes, about half E, F, a, 1. 36 MAN O WAR BIRD. webbed, fig. 37; external nostrils, absent. Nests and eggs,much as in D. Flight, steady, majestic, and exceedingly-graceful ; wing-beats, , harsh and loud. Pro-cure their food mainly byrobbing other sea birds offishes which they have cap-,tured. Highly gregareous atall times. Young, naked atfirst, lead-colored, but sooncovered with long, whitedown. Perch well on treesand rocks but do not walkwell. Sexes, not and subtropical. a. Frigates. as in p. 1. MAN O WAR BIRD,F. A Q u IL A . ; male,black with the lanceolatescapularies and interscapula-ries irridescent with greenand purple. Female, dullerblack, breast and sides whit-ish. Young, head, neck, andmost of under parts, white ;dull black elsewhere. Trop-ical and subtropical seas,chiefly north of the equator;breeds as far north as the Ba-hamas, Florida and Texas;accidental in Pa., Ohio, Kan.,and Nova Scotia.
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