MAS SEN A QUAIL 



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cal montezumcz and other species occur in Mexico. One 

 found in Guatemala and southern Mexico has the flanks 

 chestnut instead of lead-color. 



This bird was described as long ago as 1830, yet 

 for many years thereafter little or nothing was known 

 about it, and it was only in 1890 that the eggs were 

 found and described. 



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MEARNS, OR MASSENA QUAIL 



The Massena quail, or, as it is now called, the Mon- 

 tezuma quail, is notable for its odd and beautiful col- 

 oring and for its extraordinary simplicity and lack of 

 suspicion, a quality which is reflected in the name "fool 

 guail," given it in some sections. This title, commonly 

 enough applied to certain unsuspicious grouse and 

 quail, is an unintentional testimonial by man to his own 

 bloodthirstiness, declaring in effect that any bird or ani- 

 mal must be a fool that does not know that civilized 



