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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 81
both eggs exactly as found be
seen on the photo, I had endeavtween
the imbedded rock frag
ored at various times during May
ments (and as seen in the photo and June to find a breeding bullherein)
nearly in full natural bat; and several times, around the
size. The photo was taken by hilly and favorable breeding
inverting the old camera straight places adjoining Cassin's lake,
downward, in order to get all de
and on the open hilly plains easttails
and the right focus of all ward of the old and beautiful
objects seen on the picture. Meyer's river bottom pecan forLike
the wild. dove, the female est and picnic place (where in
bullbat usually is supplanted by former years lots of bullbats
its mate when disturbed from its sought their breeding haunts on
breeding place, the male bird al
the limestone and graveled praiways
flying gracefully with its rie plains), I encountered many
beautifully striped and speckled of the bullbat birds, but never
long wings in a circular flight could locate the eggs. It is genaround,
or close by the nest, now erally after the female has been
SAN ANTONIANS AT ST. GERONIMO, NEAR GALLAGHER'S RANCH, LOOKING FOR BULLBATS
Scenery Close to High Rock Embankments with Cavelike Excavations and Jungles of Mountain
Grass Along the Rock Precipices and Wild Flowerbeds Below
and then taking a rest in a breeding a long time on the eggs
crouching position on some near
that the bird is unable to fly
by limb of a shade tree, and quickly from its breeding place,
shortly afterward again circling and it is then generally that it is
over the nesting place, until it detected by its fluttering and
gradually, or suddenly, in the noisy flight. And also during
fashion of the prairie hawk, many an annual outing to a relaalights
on the two eggs, where tive's farm north of Helotes, and
it remains in a crouched position, in the hilly and mountainous reand
resembles more a piece of gions around San Geronimo, and
dark wood than a living bird. fifteen miles further west, around
Whenever disturbed, the female the Medina dam, I searched in
bird invariably soon returns to vain for breeding bullbats durits
breeding place. ing the month of June. The hot
Before finding the specimens months of July and August there-
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/81/?q=menger/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.