8 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



American Ornithologists' Union, which has changed 

 considerably since this paper was commenced. Mr. 

 Walter E. Bryant is entitled to credit for making the 

 necessary changes and otherwise preparing it for the 

 printer. 



i. Colinus virginianus (Linn.) BOB-WHITE. 



Mr. Ramon E. Wilson, of the California Sportsman's 

 Association kindly furnishes the following concerning 

 introduced game birds; date, October 12, 1885: " Our 

 efforts in that direction have resulted in failures, except 

 as I will state. Mr. Estee, some years ago, placed two 

 dozen bob-whites on his farm in Napa County. Every 

 precaution was taken to protect them from hunters, and 

 they were carefully looked after. They all soon disap- 

 peared, the theory being that they were destroyed by 

 vermin. I learn that last February some of the same 

 kind of birds were placed on the farms of Mr. Miller, 

 Mr. Samuel Rea and Mr. J. P. Sargent, along Carnedero 

 Creek, near Gilroy. It is said they have bred the past 

 season, and their numbers materially increased. The 

 experiments, however, from the length of time can 

 hardly be called u success. 



Some years ago some Arizona quail were put out near 

 Folsom, but they all soon disappeared, and nothing has 

 been heard of them since. Some bob- whites were 

 placed on General Bidwell's place near Chico, but I un- 

 derstand they have disappeared also. Bob- whites roost 

 on the ground and are therefore unable to protect them- 

 selves from the vermin which is so plentiful everywhere 

 in California. 



Some years ago a flock of English pheasants was put 

 out in the woods of Santa Cruz county, but nothing has 

 been seen nor heard of them since. Colonel Raymond 

 of San Mateo has a number of these birds, English and 



