MASSENA QUAIL. 
Cyrtonyx montezume mearnst. 
This handsome and highly-colored bird is of the 
southwest, and until very recently has never been pur- 
sued for sport, though often killed for meat. In ap- 
pearance it is unlike any of our United States par- 
tridges, having large feet, a full, soft crest, and being 
more or less dotted below with large round spots of 
pure white. The sides of the head are marked with 
black and white stripes; the chin, throat, and a band 
across the fore neck, are all black ; the crest is brownish; 
the upper parts are brown, barred and spotted with 
black and streaked with white, buff or reddish. The 
wing quills are spotted with white on their outer webs, 
while the thighs, belly and under tail coverts are black. 
The flanks and sides are lead-color, marked with many 
round spots of pure white, and the middle line is chest- 
nut. The female is paler everywhere, but has the upper 
parts streaked and barred as in the male. The head 
lacks the distinctive white and black stripes, and the 
sides are slightly barred with black. Length, 8% 
to g inches; wing, about 5, or a little more. This quail 
is found in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and 
well down into western and central Mexico. The typi- 
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