172 PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 14 



IXTHODrCKl) SPECIES 



Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus) 

 Bob-white 

 This species has been inti'odiict'il in many phiees in the state, and in some 

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

 duction in the following places is on record: TJtica, Fergus County (Silloway, 

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

 and Flathead Lake (Silloway, IDOla. p. 48): in the Bitterroot Valley, where 

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

 west of the divide, the introduction of this species appears to have been generally 

 successful ; it is still keeping up its numbers, and perhaps 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 appear to have been successful. 



Perdix perdix (Linnaeus) 

 IIuNG.VRiAN Partridge 

 The remains of a game bird that appeared to be of this species were sent to 

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

 i:)15. The bird was found dead near Plains, Sanders County, and had evidently 

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

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

 game bird, ami most probably the Hungarian Partridge. 



Phasianus sjiecies? 

 Chinese Pheasant 

 A pheasant has been introdueed in the Bitterroot Valley in 1905 and is nov,- 

 spreading. What species it is, is in question, but it is known locally as Chinese 

 jiheasant (Bailey, MS). 



Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) 

 English Sparrow 

 An abundant permanent resident nearly throughdut the state at the jiresent 

 time. While the species is most connnon in towns that are on the railroads, it is 

 also found in towns and about ranches that are considerable distances therefrom. 

 Tn fact, in my experience, the railroads are less responsible for its introduction 

 than the presence of grain. I have noted it in the following places that were 

 not on railroads at the time, nor near them: Sedan, Gallatin County, 1908; 

 Clyde Park, Park County. 1908; Salesville, Gallatin County. 1909; Choteau, 

 Bynum, and ranches not near any town, Teton County, 1911 and 1912. As to 

 the time of introduction, it seems to have liegun about 1898. The English Spar- 

 low was first seen at Terrv. Decembei- (i, 1S99 (Cauu'ron. 1907. ji. 4(l4>. It was 



