CALIFOENIA QUAIL—CATALINA ISLAND QUAIL 537 



proved in many instances. Given the proper protection from excessive 

 hunting, through moderate open season and bag limit, and perhaps 

 furtlier assistance by the destruction of their worst natural enemies, 

 and they will remain with us as a joy forever. "We can then say, with 

 Florence Merriara Bailey (1902, p. 121), that they are still the game 

 birds of California; ''. . . the roads are still patterned Avith their foot- 

 prints, and througli the valleys they are closely associated with the 

 charm of the mellow California days, their melodious ivJio-are-you-ahF 

 coming from the hillsides in the cool mornings when the high fog is 

 dissolving into blue sky, coming from the chaparral in the warm noon- 

 day hours, and echoing softly from the vineyards through the quiet 

 golden sunsets." 



California Quail 



Lophortyx calif uniica calif oniica (Shaw) 



Other names — California Partridge, part; Lophortyx calif ornica brunnescens; 

 Lophortyx calif ornica vcdlicola, part; Callipepla calif ornica,, part; Tetrao cali- 

 fomieits; Ortyx calif ornica, part. 



Description — Advits: Similar to Valley Quail (Lophortyx calif ornica valli- 

 cola) but upper surface and sides of body olive brown (pi. 1) rather than 

 grayish brown, and inner margins of tertial feathers deep buffy or ochraceous 

 rather than pale buffy or whitish. Juvenile plunwge : Like that of Valley Quail, 

 but with tawny suffusion above, and ochraceous tinge below; dark markings 

 everywhere greater in extent. 



Marks for field identification — See under Valley Quail. Probably not dis- 

 tinguishable except in hand. 



General distribution — Humid coast region (fog belt) of the Pacific district 

 from southwestern Oregon south to southern Monterey County; introduced into 

 Vancouver Island and Washington. 



Distribution in California — Abundant resident of the narrow humid coast 

 strip (fog belt) from the Oregon line south to southern Monterey County. (See 

 Valley Quail.) 



For general account, see Valley Quail. 



Catalina Island Quail 



Lophortyx calif ornica catalinensis Grinnell 



Other names — Lophortyx catalinensis ; Lophortyx californica valHcola, part. 



Description — Adults: Similar to the Valley Quail {Lophortyx californica 

 vallicola) but averaging about 7% larger; scaling on lower breast slightly heavier, 

 and shaft streaks on flanks and lower tail coverts broader. Males: folded wing 

 4.46-4.71 inches (113.5-119.5 mm.) ; bill along culmen 0.40-0.42 (10.2-10.7) ; tarsus 

 1.18-1.26 (30.0-32.0) (three specimens). Females: folded wing 4.57-4.65 (116- 

 118); bill along culmen 0.41-0.43 (10.4-10.9); tarsus 1.18-1.24 (30.0-31.4) (three 

 specimens) . 



