_Chen hyperboreus_, Snow Goose. _Anser Canadensis_, Canada Goose. _Dafila acuta_, Pintail. _Pœcilonetta Bahamensis_, Ilathera Duck. _Mareca Americana_, Wigeon. _Aix sponsa_, Summer Duck. _Querquedula Carolinensis_, Greenwing Teal. _Rhynchaspis clypeata_, Shoveler. _Chaulelasmus streperus_, Gadwall. _Anas obscura_, Dusky Duck. ” _boschas_, Mallard. _Cairina moschata_, Muscovy Duck. _Oidemia perspicillata_, Surf Duck (Dr. Chamb.). _Fuligula Americana_, Pochard. ” _affinis_, Scaup Duck. ” _rufitorques_, Tufted Duck. _Nyroca leucophthalma_, White-eyed Duck. +Fam.+—PELECANIDÆ. (_The Pelicans._) RUFOUS-NECKED PELICAN.[129] _Pelecanus fuscus._—+LINN.+ Aud. pl. 251. [129] Length 47 inches, expanse 79¹⁄₂, flexure 18¹⁄₂, tail 5, rictus 12¹⁄₂, tarsus 3¹⁄₄, middle toe 4¹⁄₄. The high-road from Bluefields to Savanna le Mar winds round the broad bend of the coast, called Bluefields Bay; for nearly half the distance, running close to the shore, which in some parts is a low sandy beach, in others, rocky and precipitous. About a mile from Bluefields the road recedes about a hundred yards from the sea, the intervening space being occupied by tall and dense wood, consisting chiefly of manchioneel, crablight, sweet-wood, and tropic-birch, much tangled by an underwood of briers and supple-jacks. As we approach the brow of the cliff, we perceive that the descent, just here, is not a perpendicular rock, but is a very steep slope, covered with a loose and shifting rubble, very unpleasant and even dangerous to the feet. Two enormous birches and a fig, at some distance from each other, springing out of the brow, spread their immense boughs even over the sea that boils among the rocks beneath; and the observer needs no informant to tell him that these trees are occupied as resting places by many large birds. The earth, and bushes, and rocks beneath, are splashed widely with white ordure, the fishy fetor of which is diffused all through the woods, and is but too perceptible even at the highroad. Scattered upon the ground lie the long bones, bleached in the wind, and the sable feathers, of several Frigate-birds, who met their death where they had been accustomed to live; the victims perhaps of disease, or perhaps of mutual encounters. High up on the loftiest and outmost limbs sit many Pelicans, some preening their plumage, others, with the long beak resting on the breast, enjoying a sluggish repose. Frigates and Boobies are associated with them, but of these we shall speak presently.