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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 75
boxelder trees, while the right
side shows a huisache tree near
which is a fisherman catching craw-
fish and other bait. Ihe dense
thickets of rounded trees alonga "W hip- poor-will, and it happened
this way: W ili e looking for
squirrels in the dense vines
and evergreen foliage along the
river bottom, one of our partyTHE G(;cAcHARO, OR FAT BIRDi
(Photocopy by the Writer from Humboldt's Illustration)this river bottom are covered with
rankallt vines of the mustang grape.
There are hundreds of such fine
sceneries along the river bottom,
and at this place the river-bed
was rather low bLv reason of thehappened to see a strange bird
crouching in the shade on a
stump of an old elder tree. Th e
bird looked very much like a hawk
or some species of owl but the error
cleared up after a well aimed shot.llEAD O F A \tIiP-POOR-It i., Ci (Di ATS KE ril BIRD
severe drouth at the time through-
out Texas.
It is here also that d(luring an
outing we came accidently acrossfor it brought down a large Whip-
poor-will bird. After its removal
to camp and careful examination
of its reddish dark brown body an d
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/79/?q=menger: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.