Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 763
measure more than seven feet fromtip to tip. These birds are so strong and swiftupon the wing, that they are often seen out at seaa thousand miles from land, and they will flystraight into the eye of the wind, and, when theychoose, can rise high above the hurricane and thestorm. They live… … prey. They can see a fish from an im-mense height: and when an unfortunatefellow happens to be swimming near thetop of the water, a frigate-bird, floatingin the air so high up as to be almost in-visible, will suddenly drop down, andwith a skim over the surface of the waterwill scoop Mr. Fish out of…
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