. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^ ^vV\. ( 75 )The Frigate Bird. Numb. LXXX. THE Indians call it fo, becaufe of the Swiftnefs of its Flight; itsBody is no bigger than a Pullet %^ but the Stomach is very flefliy;the Males are as black as Ravens, the Neck long, the Head fmall, withgreat black Eyes, and the Sight more piercing than the Eagles; the Billis thick and intirely black, about feven Inches long; the upper Beak atthe end crooked like a Hook; the Toes are fbort, armed with ftrongblack Talons, and divided as
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^ ^vV\. ( 75 )The Frigate Bird. Numb. LXXX. THE Indians call it fo, becaufe of the Swiftnefs of its Flight; itsBody is no bigger than a Pullet %^ but the Stomach is very flefliy;the Males are as black as Ravens, the Neck long, the Head fmall, withgreat black Eyes, and the Sight more piercing than the Eagles; the Billis thick and intirely black, about feven Inches long; the upper Beak atthe end crooked like a Hook; the Toes are fbort, armed with ftrongblack Talons, and divided as the Vultures, the Wings of this Bird arevery large and long, reaching beyond the Tail, and not without aprovident Delign of Nature, {ince the Wings are fometimes employedto carry him above a hundred Leagues from Land: It is with a great dealof Trouble that he can raife himfelf upon the Branches, becaufe of theextraordinary length of his Wings; but when he has once taken hisFlight, he keeps his Wings extended almoft without Motion or Fatigue;if fometimes the Weight of the Rain or Violence of the Winds forcehim, he moun
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