MASSENA QUAIL 109 
tain Bendire says that in Mexico he has several times 
seen them living contentedly in cages. 
Capt. W. L. Carpenter saw the Massena partridge in 
the Rio Grande Valley, near Taos, Mexico, and on the 
headwaters of the Black and White rivers, where he 
believed it bred. In the breeding season, in Arizona, 
they are said to frequent live-oak scrub and patches 
of rank grass, at an altitude of seven to nine thousand 
feet. “Here,” according to Mr. John Swinburne, writ- 
ing to Captain Bendire, “they are summer residents, 
only descending to much lower altitudes in winter. 
They lie very close at all times, allowing one to almost 
step on them before they move. I have seen this species 
on the White Mountains during the breeding season, 
and saw young birds of the year shot there. Even 
the adults seemed very stupid when suddenly flushed, 
and after flying short distances would alight and at- 
tempt to hide in most conspicuous places. I have seen 
men follow and kill them by throwing stones.” 
Captain Bendire also quotes Mr. G. W. Todd, as 
follows: 
“T first met with the Massena partridge in Bandera 
County, Texas, in 1883, where they are very scarce, 
and I learned but little of its habits for a long time. 
They are very simple and unsuspicious, and apparently 
live so much in barren and waste places that they do 
not see enough of man to make them afraid. On see- 
ing a person they generally squat at once, or run a little 
way and hide. They will hardly fly until one is almost 
on them, but when they finally do fly they go much 
