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wet, more wet,’’ is clear and musical. 
The Mourning Dove may often be seen, 
in pairs, in the dusty roadways, and is a 
miniature copy of the wild pigeon. Its 
note is a mournful coo. 
And now a few words concerning the 
birds of prey, the Ducks and the Herons, 
before I describe the finest of our singers. 
The Hawks are not musicians, unless 
shrill screaming can be called musical, 
but they are very noticeable birds and 
eannot well be passed without mention. 
You may see a hawk soaring above us in 
wide circles, then closing its wings, 
shooting down like a bullet and grasping 
with its talons the unfortunate bird that 
has come within the scope of its sharp 
vision. How serenely, also, does it meet 
the attack of the crow and the kingbird, 
wheeling in large and expanding spirals, 
ascending to the higher regions of the 
air, where the smaller bird cares not to 
follow. 
The most common hawks seen here 
