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able to maintain an apparently comfortable existence, unaided by man, 

 under, to tbem, such strange environment. — J. A. Allen, American 

 Museum of Natural History, Central Park, Nezv York City. 



Introduced Game Birds in Oregon and Idaho. — Several years since 

 our consul to Japan sent over, quite a number of Japanese Pheasants — 

 exact species to me unknown. The birds were liberated below Portland, 

 Oregon, on Sanvie's Island, and are known to have bred. While on duty 

 at Vancouver Barracks I met a gentleman who informed me that he had 

 seen, not long before (the summer of 1883), an old bird with several young 

 near where the Pheasants were first liberated. In the autumn of 1883 a 

 female was killed just below Vancouver. I saw this one, and the skin is * 

 now in the possession of Mr. John Jaggyat. The bird killed was one of 

 a pair seen flying across the Columbia from the Oregon side to Washing- 

 ton Territory. The river at this point is nearly a mile wide, and the 

 point of crossing was at least fifteen miles above the place of planting. 

 By this it appears that the 'plant' has been established. The bird is a 

 strong flie- and bids fair to be a valuable acquisition. Oregon and Wash- 

 ington Territory have passed laws protecting these birds. 



The Bob White (Orlyx virginiana) has been successfully introduced to 

 the Boise Valley, Idaho. Three years since I found a covey on the west 

 side of the Snake River, fifty miles below Boise City, where they were 

 first liberated. I never saw coveys so large or numerous as I found them 

 about Boise. Cover and food, as well as climate, are all favorable. — 

 Timothy E. Wilcox, Assist- Surg , U. S. A. 



Fourth Addendum to List of Birds Ascertained to Occur within ten 

 miles from Point de Monts, Province of Quebec, Canada ; based chiefly 

 upon the notes of Napoleon A. Comeau. — (For original List and previous 

 Addenda see Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct. 1882, pp. 233- 

 242 ; Vol. VIII, No. 4, Oct. 1S83, p. 244; and The Auk, Vol. I, No. 3, July 

 1SS4, p. 295; Vol. II, No. 1, Jan. 1885, p. 113.) 



Mr. Comeau has recently sent me skins of the five following species : 



174. Dendrceca castanea. — $ shot at Godbout the last week in May, 

 1885. 



175. Dendrceca palmarum hypochrysea. — $ shot at Godbout, May 21, 

 18S5. 



176. Cotile riparia. — Shot at Godbout, June 8, 1885. 



177. Pocecetes gramineus. — Shot at Godbout, April 24, 1885. Others 

 were seen the same day and the next, and on May 10. 



178. Falco islandus.* — Avery handsome $ shot at Point de Monts, 

 Jan. 7, 1SS5. Another was seen at Godbout, March 23, 1885. 



179. Bartramia longicauda. — $ shot at Godbout, May 7, 1885. 



180. Lobipes hyperboreus. — Shot at Godbout, May 27, 1885. — C Hart 

 Merriam, Locust Grove, New fork. 



* For authority for the name Falco islandus Briinn., see Stejneger in 'The Auk," Vol 

 II, No. 2, April 1885, pp. 184-187. 



