AROUND OUR RANCH-HOUSE. 



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Valley Quail and Road-Runner. 



is in his running, and he does not trust much to 

 his short wings. The chaparral cocks nested in 

 the cactus on our hills, and were said to live 

 largely on lizards and horned toads. 



It became evident that a pair of these singular 

 birds had taken up quarters in the chaparral on 



