172 PACIB^IC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 14 



IXTKOnrCED SPECIES 



Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus) 

 Bob-white 

 This species has been introduced in many places in the state, and in some 

 localities the introduction has evidently been in a measure successful. Its intro- 

 duction in the following places is on record: Utica, Fergus ('ounty (Silloway, 

 1903a, p. 70) ; Deer Lodge Valley (Saunders, 1912a, p. 24) ; between Kalispell 

 and Flathead Lake (Silloway, 1901a, p. 43) ; in the Bitterroot Valley, where 

 it was introduced in 1895 and is now coiiunon (Bailey, MS). In the low valleys 

 west of the divide, the introduction of this species appears to have l)een generally 

 successful ; it is still keeping up its numbers, and i)erha])s increasing a little, 

 around Kalispell, and it seems to be gradually spreading from there. I was 

 surprised to fin'd Bob-whites on Wild Horse Island, in Flathead Lake, in July, 

 1915. East of the continental divide, where the winters are much more severe, 

 introductions do not appc^ar to have been successful. 



Perdix perdix (Linnaeus) 

 Hungarian Partridge 

 The remains of a game bird that appeared to be of this si)ecies were sent to 

 the Biological Station at Flathead Lake for identification in the summer of 

 1915. The bird was found dead near Plains, Sanders County, and had evidently 

 flown against a wire. The remains were too badly mutilated and decayed to be 

 identified with certainty, but the bird was undoubtedly an introduced species of 

 game bird, and most pi'obably the Hungarian Partridge. 



Phasianus species? 



Chinese Pheasant 

 A pheasant has been introduced in the Bitterroot Valley in 1905 and is now 

 s[)reading. What species it is, is in question, but it is known locally as Chinese 

 ]>lieasant (Bailey, MS). 



Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) 

 English Sparrow 

 All abundant i)ermaiient resident neai'ly thi'ougbout Ihe state at the present 

 time. While the species is most common in towns tliat are on the railroads, it is 

 also found in towns and about ranclies that are considerable dislances therefrom. 

 In fact; in my experience, the i-ailroads are less responsible ioi' its introduction 

 than the presence of grain. I liave noted it in the following |)la('es that were 

 not on railroads at the time, nor neai- them : Sedan, (lallatin County. 1908; 

 i'lyde Park, Park County, 1908; Sahsville. Callatin County. 1909; (^hoteau, 

 Bynum, and I'anehes not near any town, Teton County. 1!)11 aiul 1912. As to 

 Ihe time of introduction, it seems to have begun about 1898. The Hnglish Spar- 

 row was first seen at Terry, Decembei- (i, 1899 (Cameron, 1907. |). 404). It was 



