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112 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
ing in the hill and bushy regions
of the Martinez settlement, at the
farm and pasture of my old friend,
the lion. John W\ickland, I saw in
the midst of a dense post oak and
persimmon thicket, a large prairi,,
hawk, suddenly escaping with its
prey, a small cotton tail rabbit.
Only the torn up hide and rein-reiiadl- beeil desclilbed anud pIioto-
illuts rated in the Tex as Fiiell and
olne S indav re('ceIly, I saw a very
heautifill hawk esaling from
w her it had its meal, a very
young 1 eottontiail ra hit, amon
sonie of the cactus jungles aind
mesquite trees alone' Mitchell's
lake and near one of the smallPtRARIE HAWK AND 1Er1INANT 1" icl l. C iT , N ' I Aiii I [1 1 R NT 1F S Mi (C ' [ 1 , N .
nants oif b)>iiies were left, and th le
hawk presumably had been feed-
ing on the carcass for a day or
two, as only small shreds of meat
were left on the bones, and all thei
entrails wer e absent.
Lately also. I had occasion to
witness such prairie hawks with
their prey-- lie of which had al-lub1) hiolises. Wil I icek shot
the ('seap)in]2 hiaxvk xxas w(onded
in one of th le w ing joinls, but it
managed (t t' lv u1) to a lower large
t ree braneih whire, however, it
stayvel biut a few miomlents, wheii
it flew. or rathlier fluttered into
some high weedls below and( near
lhe tree. 11 was noti further mo-
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/116/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.