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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 83
quietude of the vales and forests widow bird was heard quite close
and the settler's Ie;l-: from sun
by in a cedar and hackberry
down to early morn. The call of thicket, and one of our outing
the chuck-will's widow is near party proclaimed his delight and
related to the song of the whip
listened attentively to the short
poorwill, but by careful listening but very melodious tunes of the
the difference in the voice is easi
bird, but he imagined that it was
ly discovered. the call of a whippoorwill. After
During our stay at San Geron
a little while and as the sun disimo
and reposing in a hammock appeared beyond the western hills
under a ,:ci;turie-oli o;ak tree at and forest, two *other bird voices
the farm, suddenly, toward sun
were heard, one calling and the
down, the call of a chuck-will's other as if answering the same
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FOREST SCENERY AND RIVULET INSIDE ENORMOUS ROCK STRATA, NEAR GALLAGHER'S RANCH, AT
THE LOGAN-HENDERSON FARM. Fine Deer and Wild Turkey Country in the Olden Days,
and the Haunts of the Whip-poor-will and Chuckwills Widow Bird
tion from night marauding wild call, and I called my friend's atanimals,
including hawks and tention to the difference of these
snakes, etc., and more watering two voicesand
feeding places than in the The two calls bci,, louder and
dry, but exceedingly attractive more melodious and it was the
mountain regions. However, song of the whippoorwill. This
these as well as all other western first mentioned bird is much
mountain regions with the dense smaller than the whippoorwill,
forests and sparkling springs are but belongs to the same class, the
the main haunts of the whippoor
so-called " goat-sucker bird," and
will and the chuck-will's widow its plumage resembles somewhat
bird, and they often enliven the that of the bullbat. In exploring
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/83/?q=menger: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .