Bernallilo region, arA, of course, there were quail, 
snd turkey in the nearby mountains, and blue grouse in the 
high Jamez cou itry. At Acuco (Acoma) he says the indians 
presented Alverad-o with "a large number of cocks with 
very big wattles" (tLLrkey) but mEntions no other fowls. 
Quail are still found at Acoma, and turkey in the mountains. 
No fowls are mentioned in "the wilderness", al- 
though there are blue grouse high up, the same is true at 
Pecos. No fowls are mentioned on the plains, although 
prairie chickens must have been encountered. 
As a net conclusion, one is left in doubt 
whether Castaneda's narrative offers any evidence that the 
larger grouse were more widely distributed in his day, or 
whether his "fowls" were quail. The best guess is that 
they were quail.  (Note: Senior Edmundo /Navarro of San 
Paulo, Brazil, tells me the MVediteranean quail is the 
only fowl in Castile) 
It is curious that Castaneda omits ducks from 
the list of waterfowl at Bernallilo. His mention of 
cranes is interesting, inasmuch as the cranes still migrate 
down the Rio Grsne, but no longer stop until they reach 
the Mlesilla Velleyo His mention of crows at Bernallilo 
coincides curiously with the fact that the distribution 
of crows in New Mexico is very localized, and crows are 
found today at Bernallilo, but not at Albuquerque, a few