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A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, ...
They also routinely pursue and rob terns, pelicans, and boobies of their prey, a
behavior that earned them the name "man-o'-war bird." Females have black
heads and white breasts, and juveniles, which are equal to adults in size, have ...
... Blue Heron iind the Night Heron. Key to the Herons Snowy Egret la. Color
white 2. Man-O'-Wai Bird calcareous deposit. shore from San Francisco War-Bird
or Frigate Bird 128). 62 BIRDS OF THE WEST Man-O'-War Bird Ciconiiformes
Herons.
Ernest Sheldon Booth,
1950
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Along the Edge of America
... continued, steering deftly around a floating log. "A tiger shark like they're
talking about is a bona fide man- eater. It could just snap you up like a snack —
no problem. Ten miles out from Windley Key a man-o'-war bird, also MAN O'
WAR [71]
Man-o'-war-bird: Family Fregaz'iolae Man-o'-war-bird: Fregata magnificens
Matthews DescRIP'rION.—“Wings very long; tail deeply forked; feet small, half
webbed. Adult male: plumage black, base of wings glossed with greenish or
purplish.
Ira Noel Gabrielson, Stanley Gordon Jewett,
1940
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Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voyage, ...
Owing to calms, the distance made good during day and night was not much.
They saw a bird called rabiforcado (man-o'-war bird), which makes the boobies
vomit what they have swallowed, and eats it, maintaining itself on nothing else.
Christopher Columbus, Clements R. Markham,
2010
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(Haynes 1987:102) man-o'-war(bird) man-o'-war (bird) n Fregata magnificens, a
large seabird with narrow pointed wings; male's throat pouch inflated red during
breeding season. (<E man-o'-war, a type of military vessel, fr large size and ...
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Birds and Birding at Cape May
Immediately following this storm, on August 3, a Man-o'— war-bird was seen
soaring over the boardwalk and bathing beach at Cape May by Mrs. Emlen H.
Fisher who writes me as follows: "The bird I saw had a wing spread of at least
three ...
Clay Sutton, Patricia Sutton,
2006
MAN-O-WAR BIRD, FAIRY TERN or BIRD EXTINCT? The departure of a
steamship from Tahiti with Tahitians aboard occasions a grand and glorious
celebration. Deeply saddened by the departure of friends, relatives and lovers;
they gain ...
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To America and Around the World: The Logs of Christopher ...
Owing to calms, the distance made good during day and night was not much.
They saw a bird called rabifoivado (man-o'-war bird), which makes the boobies
vomit what they have swallowed, and eats it, maintaining itself on nothing else.
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Australian
Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Other names: Man-o'-War Bird, analagous to Frigatebird, see family introduction;
Sea Hawk, likewise. Fregata minor (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) [fre-GAH-tuh MEE-nor]: '
smaller forked-tail bird', see genus name. As for the specific name minor, there is
...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser,
2013
2 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «MAN-O'-WAR BIRD» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
man-o'-war bird im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
Barbuda: Dreamy days and starry nights in the Caribbean
Sailors knew the frigate bird as the "man-o'-war bird" or the "hurricane bird" because of its impressive 8ft wingspan, which enables it to soar to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 10»
Big blow brought tropical bird to Healdsburg
South Seas sailors of a bygone era called it man-o'-war bird because of the expert way it would outmaneuver its rivals, silently sweeping down ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 08»