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Rh Japanese, but he" has had no success in raising them; when let out they suddenly disappear and nothing is seen or heard of them. Mr. Howard, near by, has experimented with the same bird. A few weeks since he informed me that his foreman told him he had seen a flock of twenty-two birds. The birds mentioned are the only ones experimented with. Certainly thus far the experiments are not a success. In Oregon they have met with great success, with both quail and pheasants."

Bendire (1877). This species may properly be included in the avi-fauna of southern Oregon. It was originally introduced at Boise City, Idaho, and now extends to the Oregon side of Snake River, and is multiplying rapidly.

Willamette Valley. O. B. Johnson (1880).—Introduced and doing finely.

2. Oreortyx pictus (Dougl.). Newberry. They extend from the Columbia almost uninterruptedly, but nowhere abundantly, through the Siskiyou, Calapooya and Trinity mountains to California.

O. B. Johnson. Very common throughout Western Oregon, breeding extensively.

Cooper, 1860. Very rare in Washington Territory, a few small coveys only being found about Vancouver as I was informed by the officers of the garrison in 1853.

3. Oreortyx pictus plumiferus (Gould). . San Diego County. F. E. Blaisdell.—Common in the higher mountains.

Volcan Mountains. W. O. Emerson.—Observed January 23, the day of my arrival, and only once afterward; probably the snow drove them down the mountain.