62 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
“The masked bobwhite is found in the country lying 
between the Barboquivari Range in Arizona and the 
Gulf coast in Sonora, more especially between Barbo- 
quivari and the Plomoso, where this species is quite 
abundant. They are also found on the Sonoita Creek, 
about 60 miles north of the Sonora line. From the 
Sonoita Valley they range in a westerly direction fully 
100 miles, and through a strip of country not less than 
30 miles in width within Arizona Territory. Very 
probably they may go beyond this, both to the east and 
west. The habits of the masked bobwhite, so far as 
we know them, appear to resemble very closely those 
of the common quail, only slightly modified by the con- 
ditions of their environment. They utter the character- 
istic call of bobwhite with bold, full notes, and perch 
on rocks or bushes while calling. They do not appear 
to be a mountain bird, but live on the mesas (table- 
lands), in the valleys, and possibly in the foothills. 
“The masked bobwhite was, three years since, abun- 
dant in the neighborhood of Bolle’s Well, a stage sta- 
tion on the Quijotoa Road, near the northern end of 
the Barboquivari Range, 29 miles southwest of Tuc- 
son and about 40 miles north of the Mexican boundary 
line. As the station was then comparatively new, the 
grass thereabouts was high, and these quail could be 
had for the taking; but now that the stock has eaten 
away the grass, the birds have not for a year or more 
been seen about the place. On the road from Bolle’s 
Well, west to the Coyote Range (about 25 miles), these 
quail were frequently to be met with, but the teamsters 
