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Hand-colored plate of a black frigate pelican diving head-down, with two foot studies above it.

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271 Frigate Pelican, John James Audubon, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This hand-colored natural history plate depicts an adult male frigate pelican in a downward diving pose, with long dark wings extended and a blue-tinged bill and facial skin. Two detailed studies of the bird's feet appear at the top of the sheet, and the plate is labeled with the common name Frigate Pelican and the scientific name Tachypetes aquilus.

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