MAN-OF-WAR BIRD. (Pelecanus Aquilus, Lin.) Its bill is more than a hand's-breadth long, and is narrow: the upper jaw is somewhat the longest, with a hook-shaped point: the cere, which is blue, covers the bill from the eyes to the hook-shaped point: the mandibles have no such serrated incisions (supplying the place of teeth) as are usually found in sea-birds: the head is covered with short feathers as far as the eyes, which are pretty large: the tongue is large, almost trifid at the top; the corner at its bottom is split: the temples are naked: the wings consist of three parts, and are very long; of the 22 quill feathers, the first ten are of a considerable length; the two inner joints contain, besides the coverts, 22 secondary feathers: the outward of the 12 tail-feathers are much longer than the middle ones, which make the tail look like a pair of scissars. The bird is about the size of a goose, and is a yard long: the colour of the whole body, and of the toes, is black; but the head, breast, belly, and fore-part of the neck, are of a fine white. Its food is fishes, which it takes from others, because it is not formed to catch them itself: the English for this reason call it man of war.