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108 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
birds were seen madly flying
against the snake and pricking
its body at each turn, also a
chaparral cock was seen close to
the brush, attentively viewing the
snake and the birds. When we
approached closer, the snaka, of
the whip-snake variety, rapidly
glided down the tree and disap-
peared in the underbrush before
my son and Ihad a chance to give
it a lesson for "eggstealing" and
the chaparral cock also made its
exit.liberated ini thie hilly regions aroulld
Bandora and (, uadalupe count v.
'lier esilt of siu(h Ii ow ver, whether r
they multil)lie(l (or were annihilated
bay animals of tpry(, neIver (cane( to
iy notice, )pr(sullyal- they met
with tihe fate of extiinction.
:Asalr ea:d. rferred to,the chalpa-
ral c(ock prepares its breeding nest,
about the size o(f a chicken nest,
in the midst of a will sheltered
thick l)rush, or on the lower
branches of a treeo-in particular
between the 1bifurcated branchesK'
ANOTrHER TYPICAL NEST AND EGGS Or CH(.\I'ARIInAI. ( (('1
During our coldest winter days
the chaparral cock remains with us.
conjointly with the mockingbird,
the field larks, quail, woodpecker,
the cactus weaver wren, the scissor
tail bird and other typical Texas
birds.
Some years ago I was informed
that some enterprising San Antonio
sportsmen tried to acclimatize some
foreign species of the Silver Fasan.
a nd thatlarge numbers had beenof some backblr)rv tree(, the luisache
and persimmon ,n-t re, and ()Iocasion-
ally ill thle midst of the Spanish
(lagger plant.
The nest usually conta in s six
to eight white eggs and are nearly
the size of a chicken egg. The
young brood is a very greedy lot
and they grow ulip rapidly ani
a:re fed by thle chl bhen with all
sorts of insects an r l wo)rms, small
lizards and( snakes, mice and young
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/112/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.