1SS3.] Brewster on a Collection of Arizona Birds. riC 



6319" S ad., same locality and date. Length, 10.60; extent, 14.90; 

 wing, 4.57; culmen. 62. 



36, $ ad.. Cave Creek, March 12. Length, 10.20; extent. 15.20; wing, 

 4.80; culmen, .60. 



183. S ad., near Tombstone, April 9. Length, 10.30; extent. 14.40; 

 wing, 4.50; culmen, .57. 



194, 5 ad., near Tucson. April 14. Length. 10.40; extent, 14.70; wing, 

 4.57 ; culmen, .61. 



350, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 11. Length, 10.30; extent, 

 14.70; wing, 4.56; culmen, .61. 



351, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 10.70; extent, 15.30; wing, 

 4.65 ; culmen, .60. 



352, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 10.40; extent, 14.70. 



422, $ ad., near Tucson. May 21. Length, 10.30; extent, 15.20; wing, 

 4.61 ; culmen, .59. 



424, $ ad., same locality and date. Length. 11; extent, 15.20: wing, 

 4.68; culmen, .62. 



532, $ ad., near Tucson, June 16. Length, 10.20; extent, 15; wing, 

 4.70; culmen, .60. 



533, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 10.40; extent, 15.10. 



535, 5 ad., same locality and date. Length, 10.60; extent, 15; wing, 

 4.58; culmen, .61. "About to lay." 



536. J ad., same locality and date. Length, 10.30; extent, 14.80: wing, 

 4.59; culmen, .60. 



153. Cyrtonyx massena {Less.) Gould. Massena Quail. 

 -■ — Although Mr. Stephens made repeated efforts to obtain speci- 

 mens of this Qiiail, only one pair was met with during his extended 

 -wanderings. I extract the following from his notes relating to 

 this occasion. "I was walking up a gulch at the foot of a steep 

 peak, when a pair of Massena Partridges rose from the grass 

 about ten feet ahead of me. The female went first, closely fol- 

 lowed b}' the male, which 1 recognized by the black under tail- 

 coverts. I was carrying my gun on my shoulder, and before I 

 got ready to fire they had passed over the adjoining ridge and 

 disappeared in a gulch beyond. Upon looking there I flushed 

 the male, which rose within six feet of me, but missed him as he 

 wound through the thick brush. Taking a few steps further 

 the female flew and \ managed to secure her. Their flight was 

 very swift and each, as it rose, uttered a low whistling wee-vceewee. 

 The locality was rocky, with thickly growing junipers and oaks, 

 and sacaton grass beneath." The bird is known in Arizona as 

 the "Fool Qiiail" or "Fool Hen." 



137, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 31. Length. 8.40; extent, 

 16.70; wing. 5 ; tail. 2.65; culmen, .62. -'Iris dark brown. Thighs mus- 

 cular. Flesh white." 



