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Barley and millet, as well as wheat, are produced on the more elevated tracts; while maize is cultivated all over the country. The wide-extending marshes and pools are frequented by pelicans, herons, and wild geese, ducks, and flamingoes; while other birds chiefly belonging to the Falconidae, Ardeidae, Strigidae, and Psittacidae are numerous.
It seemed the rendezvous for the many species of wild winged creatures that people the great marais of Louisiana. There were the egrets, the ibises both white and scarlet the various species of Ardeidae, the cranes, and the red flamingoes.
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