112 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
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sued for sport, and on this point Mr. Herbert Brown, 
of Tucson, Arizona, writes me as follows: 
“The Massena quail, or, as it is now called, Monte- 
zuma quail, will lie well to a dog, but, practically speak- 
ing, they are not hunted as a game bird; in fact, not 
hunted at all. They are mountainous in their habits, 
and are not commonly killed. 
“This bird, among the Mexicans, is known as 
‘suinea,’ and also as ‘chacalaca.’ The latter word is 
commonly applied to persons of garrulous or talkative 
dispositions. As the male bird, when strutting among 
the females, keeps up a continual clatter, the Mexican 
people, with their readiness for characterization, call 
them ‘chacalaca.’ 
“Tt is among the most peculiar of our game birds, 
and I much regret that it is so little known. Of all 
the quail it is the most easily domesticated. Some years 
ago a young female was sent to me from Sonora. As 
I then had no means of keeping it, I gave it to a friend. 
It was raised about the house, and was as tame as a 
pet chicken. A swinging door led into the kitchen, and 
it was always careful to await its opportunity, and make 
its run through as the door swung open. Some years 
ago I heard of a small bunch on the Sonoita that fed 
regularly with the chickens at the ranch house. At a 
ranch house on the Sopre two adult birds took up with 
the chickens, and in the spring following raised a brood 
of little ones, some four or five of which grew to ma- 
turity. Eventually they fell into disfavor and were 
driven away or killed. This was due to the pugnacity 
