232 Birds of San Pedro Martir. [zor 
Oreortyx pictus confinis, SAN PEDRO PARTRIDGE. Since 
describing this race, I have secured a series of skins from San 
Diego County, California, that are practically identical with my 
skins from Lower California, San Pedro and Valladares, thus 
making it necessary to either ignore the Lower California bird, 
or to include Southern California in its habitat. I am unable to 
secure specimens from the type locality at present, and so cannot 
determine the status of the race beyond a doubt. 
A single skin from the collection of the California Academy 
of Sciences, from Monterey, is slightly darker above and shows a 
conspicuous rusty edging to several of the secondaries, forming 
a patch on the closed wing not seen in any of my southern birds. 
During the past season partridges were found in abundance 
all over San Pedro Martir and fresh eggs were taken from the 
time of our arrival May 5 to the last day, May 28. 
In the Gaudaloupe Valley, forty miles south of Ensenada, 
several Oreortyx were seen in the thick chaparral of Ceanothus, 
almost down to the coast. 
Callipepla californica vallicola. VALLEY PARTRIDGE. In 
October, 1887, this species was found to be quite common on 
San Pedro as high as La Grulla 8200 feet. It was again met with 
in April and May 1889 and the past season, but in comparatively 
small numbers. Birds taken in May (5th to 2 5th) contained in 
several cases eggs ready to be deposited. 
Capt. C. E. Bendire, in ‘‘ Life Histories of North American 
Birds,” has recorded my observations regarding the non-nesting 
of this species during very dry seasons; this habit was again 
noticed the past season and under very favorable conditions. 
_ Upon our return trip from the base of the mountain to San 
Diego the present species was abundant, but it was only in the 
well-watered valleys that they were paired or that young were 
seen, The past winter and spring had been unusually dry and 
in many valleys water was entirely absent and vegetation generally 
very scant and dry. In such localities quail were all in flocks and 
those that were shot showed little if any enlargement of the 
_- ovaries. Small young were seen at S ’ 
valley, on May 30. an Telmo, a well-watered 
