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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 95
bent and thick branch of a mes
is often so meager that the dove
quite or oak tree, and often also nest is not seen, and unless the
the nest is built directly on the dove flutters away no such nest
elongated and flat part of a thick is suspected.
limb just sufficiently supplied with In some pastures and brush
a few dry grass particles or thin thickets occasionally a dove nest,
tree branches to prevent the eggs and as I have myself seen lately,
from rolling off the nest and to quite a number of them seek
support the dove to breed upon. the old and deserted nests of
Such a nest with the dove on a some other prairie bird, especially
WILD DOVE ON AN OLD MOCKING BIRD'S NEST
(From Nature by the Writer)
lower mesquite branch is depicted the mocking bird's nest, and lay
elsewhere. This view was taken in therein their two snow-white eggs.
the mesquite thickets of a popular In one instance I encountered
hunting ground near San Antonio, what seemed to be a red bird's
where hundreds and thousands nest in which two young doves
of wild doves breed annually and a few days old, were snugly
supply the local hunting fraternity peering into the world; it was'
with game during the legal hunting close to the Goliad road, near
season. Alex Uhl's pasture. As a rule
The nest material of these birds however, the wild dove builds
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/95/?q=menger: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.