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Just then he saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky ahead of him.

The pelicans were plundered by all their fish-eating neighbors, even the big terns; but the man-of-war bird robbed the robbers.

The beautiful long tail-feathers of the tropic or man-of-war bird were used for the same purpose.

Did they trace the flight of that tropic man-of-war bird, sailing high up in the heavens, heading seaward, away into the distant future, through clouds and sunshine, rain and storm?

The captain of marines also shot an albatross or man-of-war bird, so called from its manner of skimming through the air after other birds, which the seamen compare to sailing.