This remarkable bird often is domesticated by peons of Mexico and takes the place of our chickens with poorer Mexicans. The eggs are large — about the size of a medium chicken egg — and when fed and taken care of, the CHACHALACAS lay a much larger number than they do in their wild state. They are noisy in breeding season, repeating their name insistently in loud harsh voice.
NEST: a slight structure of twigs, in bushes.
EGGS: 3 to 4; buff or creamy white.
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.