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118 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
or rather in passing some low
mesquite brush. Suddenly a wild
dove fluttered from its nest over
the ground to some nearby brush
thicket; and, though only a com-
mon dove nest, it was so attractive
that I could not help taking a
view of it-as here reproduced.
The nest, similar to the one of a
prairie sparrow, was situated on
the ground in the shade of a small
bushy mesquite tree and sur-
rounded with small flint rocksnearly full-grown doves, and it
was a beautiful sight for a snap-
shot, but I had approached some-
what too close, when the old dove
flew off the nest, which, of course,
was not molested. But on another
occasion a breeding dove on a
mockingbird nest was encounter-
ed which I luckily happened to
reproduce satisfactorily, and as
seen elsewhere Usually the old
love fills the old abandoned nest
of some other bird with a few par-WILD DOVE NEST ON THE GROUND
and numbers of small prairie
snails. The nest itself was a very
plain affair, built only with a
little dry grass, and protected
above by some mesquite leaves
and the branches of a small mes-
quite bush (not seen on the near-
focused view of the nest).
Not far from this interesting
encounter, I met two breeding
doves, both sitting on the forked
limb of a mesquite tree on some
old abandoned nest, and one was
in its nest in the center of twotiles of dry g rass or small branch
particles, whilst the large major-
ity of wild doves build their own
plain and typical nest, usually of
flat shape, on a broad mesquite
limb, more frequently between or
close to the bifurcated or rounded
limb of some tree, as can be seen
on the illustration herein of a
typical prairie dove nest and eggs.
From the many injurious influ-
ences, especially storms and rains,
and the apparent decline in num-
bers of the wild dove, I wonder
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/122/?q=menger: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.