CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 215 
BREEDING NoTes.—This bird breeds throughout its range. The 
eggs are laid on the bare rocks, just above high-water wash. The 
number of eggs varies from one to three, usually two, and are laid 
about the roth June. (Turner.) <A nest of this species found in 
Cumshewa inlet, Queen Charlotte islands, June 17th, 1899, was 
merely a hollow about two inches deep and almost perfectly round, 
scooped out of a weedy turf a few feet above high-water mark. The 
bottom of the hollow was covered with bits of broken stone, evidently 
placed there by the old bird. (Osgood.) Dall found two nests on 
_ the Shumagin group, June 23rd, 1872. In both cases the eggs were 
placed directly on the gravel of the beach; one nest contained two 
eggs, the other one. Mr. John Fannin says that the eggs are 
generally two and laid on the bare rocks close to the water. 
OrpvER GALLINA. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 
Famity XXV. TETRAONIDAS. Grouse, PARTRIDGES, &C. 
CXXV. COLINUS Go .pruss. 1820. 
289. Bob-white. Quail. 
Colinus virgintanus (LINN.) STEJN. 1885. 
The Bob-white may be claimed as a permanent resident in southern 
Ontario, which is the northern limit of its range, but it has hard 
work to hold its own against the many influences that are contin- 
ally operating against it. (McIlwraith.) Breeds all through the 
southern part of the southwestern peninsula of Ontario, commonly 
below lat. 43° and more rarely up to lat. 44°. (W. Saunders.) 
The quail was at one time found along the north shore of Lake 
Ontario, certainly as far east as Port Hope. I doubt if any quail 
of pure blood are left east of Lake Erie. (J. H. Fleming.) 
CXXVI. OREORTYX bBarrp. 1858. 
292. Mountain Partridge. 
Oreortyx pictus (DOUGL.) BairRD. 1858. 
Quite common on Vancouver island. Introduced from Califor- 
nia. (Fannin.) Very plentiful on the Sooke hills, about 25 miles 
from Victoria, Vancouver Island in 1906. (Spreadborough.) 
