. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRD FAMILY 231 which as yet we know nothing about, and which remains to be discovered and described. Besides the species described above, there are five other species of gannets, called Boobys, with various prefixes, which touch the coasts of the continent of North Photograph by R. J. Beck. Galapagos Islands. MAN-O'-WAE BIRDS. THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRD FAMILY Fregatidae Whenever at sea in the tropics your attention is arrested by the flight far aloft of
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRD FAMILY 231 which as yet we know nothing about, and which remains to be discovered and described. Besides the species described above, there are five other species of gannets, called Boobys, with various prefixes, which touch the coasts of the continent of North Photograph by R. J. Beck. Galapagos Islands. MAN-O'-WAE BIRDS. THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRD FAMILY Fregatidae Whenever at sea in the tropics your attention is arrested by the flight far aloft of a big, dark-colored bird with long, sharp-pointed wings, and a long tail that is deeply forked, know that it is a Frigate Bird,^ or, as the sailors call it, Man-o'- War "; It is a long-distance flier, and goes out far > Fre-ga'ta a'quil-a. Length, about 40 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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