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when, after repeated circular 

 flights and screeching noises ,they 

 gradually disappeared. Cold wet 

 weather had set in at that time, 

 and a week afterward not one of 

 the bullbats could be seen toward 

 evening at that same place of re- 

 vinion. 



On several occasions out in the 



large birds seen migrating in a 

 southwesterly direction — -more or 

 less high up, and always circling 

 around, but at each turn flying a 

 good distance off the first circling 

 point, and often in an erratic way 

 in various circular directions — 

 but -always a most fascinating 

 flight to behold where hundreds 



Fine Specimen of Texas Prairie Hawk With Its Victim 



plains we witnessed the migra- 

 tion of the prairie-hawk as well as 

 also our "turkey-buzzard," both 

 carrion birds, displaying the same 

 mode of migration, and both being 

 easily distinguishable for reason 

 of the light gray color of the hawk 

 and the jet-black, of the buzzard. 

 In nearly all our observations, the 



and thousands of them — either 

 hawks or buzzards wing their 

 flighty tours high up in the hori- 

 zon — until the eye traces them on- 

 ly as mere floating specks. 



Generallj' when or where game 

 is scarce, these hawks are also 

 scarce — as they are a hungry lot! 

 Around lakes and pasture tanks. 



