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316 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
Texas Cactus Wren and Its Nest
It affords me much pleasure to
submit to my readers a nice origi-
nal photo view of our prairie cac-
tus wren on its abandoned nest,
encountered lately along the "can-
vas back" lake, south of San An-
tonio and nearly opposite the oldIn the cactus juuiiigls around the
stated lakes, and especially also
at the cactus juingles of the Leona
hills these merry little wrens
abound numerously, and their
large funnel-slhaped weed nestsYox; I3t Tr Fti [c.o; w CaCti
Mitchell's lake hunting preserve,
These interesting and exceed-
ingly lively and attractive little
weaver-birds enliven the hunting
grounds with their merry chatter-
in" ways: and they are found
very numerously whereever the
broad leafed opuntia cactus ex-
ist, es ecially along hilly regions
with plenty of dense brush thickets.s N . O N 0 N 1Ti
are nearly exclusively found
built between two r more cactus
leaves. They are an exceedingly
restless lot and are ofti n seen
among the cactus jinlgles runniiiing
swiftly along the ground, or, in
search of their insect food, inside
the cactus spaces. In general ap-
pearance they resemble somewhat
the beautiful canyon wren, but the
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/320/?q=menger: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.