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JUNE 11, 1873, at sea 300 miles south of Panama, I saw a man-of-war hawk and a school of bonitos in pursuit of a school of flying-fish. As one of the latter came out of the water, closely pursued by his enemy, the hawk swooped down, not fifty yards from the ship, but missed his prey, the fish apparently turning from its course to avoid him. A second attempt was more successful, and the hawk flew off with the flying-fish in his talons. The whole affair was plainly seen, as also was the continued chase of the flying-fish by the bonitos.
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BROUN, A. Flying-Fish. Nature 23, 509 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023509a0
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