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buUbat from its eggs on the 

 ground and notices tne exact spot 

 from which the fluttering bird 

 has escaped. 



If the latter is overlooked it will 

 be in vain to hunt the eggs, as the 

 breeding bird is usually on the 

 alert, and escapes its breeding 

 place so rapidly and in various 

 directions that the exact location 

 of the eggs cannot be found. 



San Antonio's hilly environ- 



to find such, one must be familiar 

 with the soil and environments 

 these night ramblers seek for 

 their haunts and breeding places. 

 Also, unless for a specific and le- 

 gitimate purpose, such as well as 

 all others of the feathery tribe, 

 should not be hunted and molest- 

 ed in any way, as it is against the 

 state laws as well as a crime to 

 disturb breeding birds and ani- 

 mals of all kind purposely. 



"Bulleat" Escaping Its Nest 

 (Original Photo on This Spot Found,on a Flint Rock Hill, Near the Cassin's Lake) 



ments, and especially such where 

 a dairy farm or a rivulet is sitti- 

 ated close by (the favorite haunts 

 at sundown and night time of the 

 buUbat to gather its food, con- 

 sisting entirely of insects), har- 

 bor large numbers of the breed- 

 ing night-hawks; but, in order 



Our feathery tribe, as is well 

 known, is diminishing rapidly of 

 late years, especially in regions 

 unfavorable to their propagation 

 and lack of general protection. 



The press in general has on vari- 

 ous occasions in its editorial col- 

 umns called attention to the wan- 



