20() NOTES ON CALIFORNIA ANIMALS. 



Callipepla califoriiica vallicola ]Jiclij;\v. I'allcj/ Partrhiijc. 



The "Valley Quail" of the interior region was found in abundance 

 throujihont the upi)er Sacramento Valley, and the more open jiarts of 

 the foothills which inclose it. In oue instance only was it found in the 

 higher pine country, having been seen in considerable numbers at the 

 base of jMount Shasta. It was nor observed anywhere north of Mount 

 Shasta, nor east of the Sierras. 



Deudragapus obsciirus fuliginosus liidgw. Sooitj Grouse. 



A common inhabitant of the pine forests and the mountains. T found 

 females and young birds ou August 1 in the meadows at the base of 

 Mount Shasta, and late in June young birds just hatched were captured 

 at the eastern base of Mount Lassen. I tried to raise these, and might 

 have succeeded it they had not been killed by an unexpected cold snap, 

 as they were rather lively and had fed freely for a week or more. I often 

 Hushed grouse at the line of highest bushes on JMount Shasta in mid- 

 summer, wiiich were ])robal)ly all males, as no young birds were found 

 in such situations. These Grouse are also inhabitants of the pine-cov- 

 ered hills east of the belt of redwood forest, extending along the (;oast. 



Bonasa uinbellus sabini (I)oii<;l.)- Orct/on Huffed Crousf. 



1 saw a specimen of this (Jrouse in the collection of I\Ir. Fiebig, of 

 Eureka, who says it is to be found only in the desert and densest por- 

 tions of the Humboldt redwood forests. 



Pediocaetes pliasianellus coliimbianus (Old). Columbian Sharp-iailcd Grouic 



As 1 did not travel into N^ortheastern California farther than Eagle 

 Lake, I did not meet with this and the next species, but was assured by 

 hunters and others that they were to be found in many localities. 



Centrocercus iirophasianus (Bp.). Sage Grouse. 



Known to be common in suitable country east of the Sierras. Cer- 

 tain hunters told me of having killed them within 20 or 30 miles of 

 Eagle Lake. 



Family COLUMBIDiE. Pigeons. 

 Columba fasciata Say. liand-iailed Pigeon. 



Very abundant in tlie foothills of the Lower McOloud in the fall and 

 winter, gathering iu the pine trees on the higher ridges in immense 

 Hocks. It was very seldom seen in the high mountains in summer and 

 did not appear to descend at all into the A^alleys in winter, i do not 

 know where it breeds. 



Zenaidura macroura (Liiiii.). Mourning Dorc. 



A very common summer resident of the valleys and lower hills, being 

 more abundant and more gregarious than in eastern United States. 

 Tt was found breeding late in May in the hills along r>attle ('reek cast 

 of Red Blutf. 



