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A Scene on Little Cedar Bayou, Laporte, Texas. From Photo loaned by N. L. Davis, Brockport, 

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That day 1 found the nest of Ferru- 

 ginous Rough-leg Hawk with three 

 fresh eggs. Shot both male and fe- 

 male having a lively time getting the 

 eggs. 



My wife did not dare shoot for they 

 kept too close to my head. The fe- 

 male had another very handsome egg 

 which she would have laid the next 

 day, but a stray shot crushed it all to 

 pieces. The skins were in good shape 

 and the eggs were fine. 



The next day being Sunday we did 



not go out but fixed up little things 

 about camp, wrote to friends and en- 

 tertained some callers. It was very 

 amusing to watch the people when 

 they first saw my wife. She was 

 dressed in a full suit of "Duck," short 

 skirt and leggings a regulation hunt- 

 ing coat and carried a little shot gun 

 which she can use much better than a 

 great many "would be hunters" who 

 visit this county every fall. 



The next day was so windy we did 

 not leave the shelter of the woods but 



