The Oologists' Record, 1922, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Oologists' Record, 1922, Vol. 2 In company with my friend I had 'worked over this very wild and extremely rugged section for a number of years, and had. Found the Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus, nesting among the rocky limestone cliffs in company with the American Raven, but never once had we seen so much as a glimpse of a Duck Hawk. Trusting fully in my friend's information, however, the following -week-end I packed my kit and joined him at his home, where we loaded his car and were soon started on our way. If space permitted I should like to describe this beautiful Land of the Golden West, as it unrolled itself before us that memorable day. 'the purple ranges of the Sierra Madres Mountains, with snow-capped Mt. San Antonio rearing its lofty head far above the lesser peaks, formed a barrier between the fertile valleys of the coast and the desert wastes of the Mojave Desert, and it was the' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.