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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 81
h,11th eggs ex('Itllv as found be-
twleenl the iiiibedded rock frag-
Iieitts (and as seen in the photo
herein) nearly in full natural
size. Thle lhoto was taken by
inv ertiI i the ol(1 c anlera straight
dt,o ward, in order to get all de-
tails and the right focus of all
olb.jects (een onI1 ithe picture.
Iike thle wvildl (dove, the female
)bullt:1 ussnuallv is Slpl)planted by
its illtl' wVhel ( isitl ')eI fr(tl ml its
bl'r ((ding pIn(1, thie it le bird al-
xwavts flving raiC ei' llV with its
beauitifullx striie(dl aId speckled
ln1 ' \in1es 1!1 eiv c ilai f light
;l'ou(dlll . r)1' ('l(,', \ 111' lthe ne'St, no\\"seen on the photo, I had endeav-
ored at various times during May
and .June to find a breeding bull-
bat: and several times, around the
lilly and favorable breeding
places adjoining Cassin's lake,
and on the open hilly plains east-
ward of the o(ld and beautiful
Mleyer's river bottom pecan for-
est and pie'ic 1,lace (where in
forlier years lots of billbats
sought tleir breedinrg lhaunts ot
the limeistlone and gra v-eled prai-
rie plains). I enicotnutered Ianv
of the 11llbat birds. b(ut never
could lcate the eggs. It is geli-
ernllv after t]he female hlas heeni\x, . :A rnc i. : . r 5 r. G!:ii. uI<,ni GnFk AI.LA;HERI'; C. AN'H, Lu(OOKIN; F R>la I3BULLBu3ATs
5 Incr, ('l c,> , l{I hR t tck tImiankments withCa elike Excavations and Jungles of Mountain
(rss Along the Rock Precipices: and VilI Flowerbeds Below;111(dl 1 h(l l<i11n ai rest in a
cro('( ling p)osii o il o s llle llea'-
,- limb} of <I shaIde tree. and
shortly af'tlerwaIrd a,' aiin circling
ov\e lr the nesting police. until it
fashion of the prairie hawk,
alights on t1he two eggs. where
it Illrnnins in a cr(ouched position.
Indll rlese lles re a piece of
dark wVood than a living bird.
w{lene vel' listlrlr.I, Ilie female
hird 'l invariallv soon returns to
its reeling place.
Before finding the specimensbreeding a lolg tii me on the eggs
that tlie bird is unable to fly
qtuicklV from its b reeding place,
and it is then generallyv that it is
detected b v its fluttering and
noisy flight. And also d(lring
manv an atnual louting to a rela-
tive's farm Iiorth of IIelotes, and
in the hilly and untainous re-
gions around fan Geronimo, and
fifteen nilcs further west, around
the Medina dam, I searched in
vain for breeding bullbats dur-
ing the month of June. The hot
months of July and August there--~~----1---~-- -I---~-------------- -I---~
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/85/?q=menger: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.