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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 75
boxelder trees, while the right a Whip-poor-will, and it happened
side shows a huisache tree near this way: While looking for
which is a fisherman catching craw
squirrels in t h e dens e vines
fish and other bait. The dense and evergreen foliage along the
thickets of rounded trees along river bottom, one of our party
THE GUACHARO, OR FAT BIRD
(Photocopy by the Writer from Humboldt's Illustration)
this river bottom are covered with happened to see a strange bird
rankant vines of the mustang grape. crouching in the shade on a
There are hundreds of such fine stump of an old elder tree. The
sceneries along the river bottom, bird looked very much like a hawk
and at this place the river-bed or some species of owl but the error
was rather low by reason of the cleared up after a well aimed shot,
HEAD OF A WHIP-POOR-WILL, OR GOATSUCKER BIRD
severe drouth at the time through
for it brought down a large Whipout
Texas. poor-will bird. After its removal
It is here also that during an to camp and careful examination
outing we came accidently across of its reddish dark brown body an d
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/75/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.