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42. ARDEA CANDIDISSIMA. Large White Gaulding, 
White ; Known by its large size. 
43. ARDEA CABRULEA. Blue Gualding. Little Blue Heron 
(United States). White Gaulding. 
Rather small, slaty blue, neck reddish, young white. 
44. BUTORIDES VIRESCENS. Gaulding. Green Bittern (United 
States). 
Small, grayish green, neck reddish, with white stripe down 
front. 
45. PORZANA CAROLINA. Sora Rail. 
Size of quail. Olive brown above, streaked with buff and 
greenish. Gray below; face black. Lives among mangrove 
roots and about branches. 
46. GALLINULA GALEATA. Red seal Coot. Water Fowl. Florida 
Gallinule (U. S.). 
47. IONORNIS MARTINICA. Purple Gallinule. 
Larger than preceding ; green and dull purple, seal, white. 
Rare. 
48. FULICA AMERICANA. White seal Coot. Coot (U.S.). 
. Larger than two preceding; dull gray ; white patch under 
tail. 
49, ANAS BOSCHAS. Mallard (U.S. and England). 
Large Duck (Grenada). Large. Light brownish-gray, 
head bright green; breast chestnut, white collar about neck ; 
belly dirty white. A few feathers just above tail curled up, 
and forwards. 
Female. Yellow-brown, streaked with lighter. 
50, QUERQUENDULA DISCORS, Blue-winged Teal. 
Distinguished by small size and by having small feathers 
on wing blue. 
51. FREGATA AQUILA. Man-o’-war Bird. Frigate Bird. 
Known by very large size, deeply forked tail, and long 
narrow wings. Colour, glossy black, young with white on 
breast. 
52. PELECANUS FuUsCUS. Brown Pelican. 
Very large and heavy. Long beak, with pouch beneath it 
Brown. 
53. SULA SULA. Booby. 
Large, but considerably smaller than preceding. Brown 
above, breast gray. Lower breast and belly white. Bill 
yellow. 
54, SULA PISCATOR. White Booby. 
Same size as preceding. White, with outer large feathers 
of wing, and most of small feathers dark grey. 
55, PHAETHON AETHEREUS. Long-tail Tropic Bird (U.8.). 
Size of Chicken Hawk. White, black markings on wings. 
Middle tail feathers very long. Including these, the bird 
measures about 30 inches, 
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