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Island and Stillwater) ; south-central California (Fresno, Tehachapi, 

 and San Bernardino) ; and southeastern Lower California (Pin- 

 chalinque Bay, Triunfo, and San Jose del Cabo). South, to southern 

 Lower California (San Jose del Cabo and Cape St. Lucas). West to 

 Lower California (Cape St. Lucas, San Javier, Rosarito, San Andres, 

 San Quintin Bay, and Los Coronados Islands) ; western California 

 (San Diego, Santa Catalina Island, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Wat- 

 son ville, Alameda, San Francisco, Marysville, Chico, and Baird) ; 

 and southwestern Oregon (Grants Pass and Anchor). 



The range as above outlined is for the entire species. True 

 calif omica is restricted to the humid coast region from southwestern 

 Oregon south to Monterey County, Calif. The valley quail (L. c. 

 vallicola) occupies the rest of the range south to the northwestern 

 corner of Lower California (about latitude 32° N.), including Los 

 Coronados Islands. The birds found on Catalina Island have been 

 described as a distinct race, LopJiortyx c. catalinensis. 



In Lower California, in addition to vallicola, which occurs in the 

 northwestern part, the species has been divided into two subspecies. 

 The San Quintin quail (L. c. plumbea) is distributed over most of 

 the territory between latitudes 30° and 32° N., while the San Lucas 

 quail (Z. c. aclirusteva) is found from latitude 30° N. south to Cape 

 San Lucas. There is more or less intergradation in the areas where 

 these races meet. 



As previously indicated, the California quail has been a favorite 

 in attempts at transplantation. The birds on Los Coronados Islands 

 are considered by some to be introduced, although there also is evi- 

 dence that they fly back and forth to the mainland. They have been 

 successfully introduced into Nevada (Virginia City, McDermitt, 

 Quinn River Valley, Paradise Valley, Lovelock, and probably also 

 Carson City and Reno) ; Oregon (Willamette Valley and Jackson 

 and Josephine Counties) ; Utah (Salt Lake County and Ogden) ; 

 Washington (Olympia, Garfield County, Walla Walla County, Ya- 

 kima County, and probably many other points, as they are now well 

 distributed over the western part of the State, including the islands 

 in Puget Sound and Bellingham Bay) ; British Columbia (Van- 

 couver Island, Denman Island, and the Okanagan Valley). Attempts 

 to introduce this species in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 

 York, Delaware, Mississippi, and Missouri have not been successful, 

 although in a few instances the birds seemed to thrive during the 

 first season. 



California quail also have been successfully transplanted to the 

 Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai), New Zealand, and 

 Chile. Other foreign experiments apparently have failed. 



