Frigate Bird
tachypetes, a genus of natatorial birds, family Pelecanidæ, and specially Tachypetes aquilus. They is in the United States a numerous body have a long and forked tail, and an exfounder, Elias Hicks), who separated pansion of wings sometimes reaching 12 from the orthodox community. They feet. They abound on both the Atlantic hold latitudinarian views. The Wilburite and Pacific coasts of tropical America. section are conspicuous in Pennsylvania They are called also man-of-war birds. by their adherence to the livery and the "plain language." Large numbers of persons who do not appear in the statistical returns attend the Mission meetings of the Society of Friends, and very large numbers come under their influence the foreign mission field. In the World War (1914-1918) the Friends were not enlisted as combatants because of their principles, but they performed valiant services behind the lines in hospitals, in helping refugees, etc., and in rebuilding devastated towns. See Fox, GEORGE:
HICKS, ELIAS, The Orthodox body had in 1919 94,111 communicants, 790 churches and 1,232 ministers. The other three bodies had 20,603 communicants, 218 churches and 50 ministers.