The Texas Nighthawk 
recorded occurrence is perhaps that of Sugarloaf in the San Bernardinos, 
where Grinnell found them on August 20th, at 7500 feet. 
It is doubtless improper to speak of the “nesting" of the Texas 
Nighthawk. Nest she has none, but her two eggs are laid upon the bare 
ground, and this almost of necessity is of some complexion of sand. The 
parched spaces between creosote bushes, where the particles of soil, 
Taken near San Diego Photo by Donald R. Dickey 
MR. DICKEY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE SHADOWS 
although fine, are still so hot that they hate each other, are one type of 
bottom. The coarse granitic sand poured out of Tujunga Canyon by the 
winter freshets is another. The gravel beds of the desert ranges whose 
component pebbles are sered by volcanic acids are a third. I f the eggs have 
any cover at all, it is the accidental shade of some scraggly bush, and 
when uncovered they are the very color of the ground. Or, to be exact, 
their ground-color is dull white or pale grayish white, rarely greenish or 
pinkish gray. The markings, of olive or bister, are finely comminuted 
(4800 pigment strokes to the square inch in one specimen in my collection), 
or, rarely, coarsely and sparingly spotted; still more rarely, marks are 
altogether wanting. 
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