THE FASTEST OF ALL BIRDS.
TJbough the petrel is swift, thej’rigate bird is far swifter. Seamen generally believe that tlie frigate bird can start at daybreak with the trade winds from the Coast of Africa, aud roost the same night upon the American shore. Whether this is a fact has not yet been conclusively determined, but it is certain that this bird is the swifest of winged creatures, and is able to fly under favourable conditions, two hundred miles an hour,
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume VI, Issue 60, 22 July 1897, Page 2
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81THE FASTEST OF ALL BIRDS. Golden Bay Argus, Volume VI, Issue 60, 22 July 1897, Page 2
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