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*79. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Several were noted on Taconia flats and one near Victoria. 

 Specimens in collection of Edwards Bros. 



80. Charadrius dominicus fulvus. Pacific Colden Plover. 



A male, shot in winter at Victoria by Mr. Lindley, may be pro- 

 visionally referred to this subspecies. Mr. Fannin does not recog- 

 nize the existence of it in his list. Until more material is secured 

 it remains an open question whether fulvus migrates along the 

 Pacific coast of America. 



81. Aegialitis vocifera. Kildeer. 



Heard migrating on the coast, where it is considered rare by 

 Edwards Bros. Breeds sparingly about inland lakes as far as 53°. 

 Nowhere abundant. 



■82. Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. 

 Puget Sound, Edwards Bros. None seen alive. 



■ 83- Haematopus bachmani. Black Oyster Catcher. 

 Islands of Gulf of Georgia. Pnget Sound, Edwards Bros. 



*84. Oreortyx pictus. Mountain Partridge. 



A few seen at Nisqually. Taconia, Edwards Bros. The vicinity 

 of Pnget Sound at present is debatable ground between the intro- 

 duced and indigenous birds of this species. The northern limit of 

 Oreortyx pictus in Washington, prior to the introduction of Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon birds probably reached the southern shores of 

 Puget Sound. At present they reside in suitable places over east- 

 ern Washington, southern Vancouver Island and the southern Cas- 

 cade region of British Columbia. 



85. Callipepla califomica. California Partridge. 



86. Callipepla califomica vallicola. Valley Partridge. 



A male, taken at Nisqually, is a nearly typical vallicola. Three 

 males from Vancouver Island are intermediate between califomica 

 and vallicola, but agree more nearly with the latter. So complete 

 has been the admixture of native with introduced birds of both 

 forms from California that typical examples of either are a rarity. 

 One, if not both, is indigenous to the coast and interior valleys of cer- 

 tain parts of Washington, but to what extent it will now be impos- 

 sible to determine. In common with the preceding species and two 

 species of Asiatic Pheasant, both California and Valley Quail have 



