. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Texas Nighthawk Authorities.—Baird (Chordeiles texsnsis), Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. ix., 1858, p. 154 (Colo. R., Calif.); Bend ire. Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, vol. 1895, p. 172, pi. iii., figs. 7-10 (eggs); Taylor, Condor, vol. xiv., 1912, p. 222, fig. (Winslow, Glenn Co.; breeding); Oberholser, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. no. 86, 1914, p. 103 (monogr.); Swarth, Birds of the Papago Saguaro Nat. Mon., 1920, p. 38 (courting "song," habi
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Texas Nighthawk Authorities.—Baird (Chordeiles texsnsis), Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. ix., 1858, p. 154 (Colo. R., Calif.); Bend ire. Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, vol. 1895, p. 172, pi. iii., figs. 7-10 (eggs); Taylor, Condor, vol. xiv., 1912, p. 222, fig. (Winslow, Glenn Co.; breeding); Oberholser, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. no. 86, 1914, p. 103 (monogr.); Swarth, Birds of the Papago Saguaro Nat. Mon., 1920, p. 38 (courting "song," habits, etc.).. TO Sj[ '- "'..'•-v- Taken in San Fernando Valley Pholo by Ike Author EGGS OF TEXAS NIGHTHAWK. IN SITU THE NATURE loving pilgrim camping for a night in some desert wash will have occasion to wonder at a strange burring croak which wells up out of the ground, apparently from nowhere in particular. It is a weird sound, low, monotonous, and impersonal,—drowsy, too, if one can ignore the challenge of its mystery. It is the voice of a giant frog grown weary in a waterless land. Or it is the voice of the desert itself murmur- ing its gratitude before the cooling touch of nightfall. Pan wakes at this hour in yonder mountain glade and summons all his satyrs to revel, but here in the desert silence reigns, silence and the sole mystery of sound. The traveler sleeps, and rousing midway of his dreams, he seems to hear two voices, two deserts answering from nowhere. But each utters the self-same silence, bidding him resign again to slumber. 1065. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco
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