BIRDS OK THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 13 



Tehachapi and vicinity. L. B. Abundant resident; 

 ('. <)<imbvli not seen by me. 



Henshaw, 1876-'79. Near Fort Tejon I saw the species 

 on several occasions at an altitude of 6,000 feet. Its 

 numbers in some sections of the State are simply enor- 

 mous. (Nowhere indigenous along the eastern slope.) 



Dr. Cooper, 1870. The only point east of the Sierra 

 Nevada where I have seen this bird is along the upper 

 part of the Mojave river. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. 

 Abundant resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Common resident. 



Central California. L. B. From common to abund- 

 ant in suitable localities, in summer, up to 5,000 feet 

 altitude; chiefly about dwellings at this altitude. Rather 

 rare at Red Bluff where much of the country is used for 

 pasturing sheep; formerly very abundant in the Marys- 

 ville Buttes but now rare for the same reason. Not only 

 do sheep destroy nests by treading on them but they 

 prevent the growth of cover, and this very timid bird 

 deserts her nest where there is the least cause for doing 

 so. 



Chico. Wm. Proud. In General Bidwell's park and 

 orchard, June 6, 1884, first young; next brood on June 12; 

 June 15 coming out plentifully. On June 14 I counted 

 eight males within a radius of less than one hundred 

 yards and not a female among them, they still being on 

 the nests. I recently found a nest containing twenty- 

 two eggs, the bird sitting. I think this the largest num- 

 ber I have yet found in one nest. The valley quail will, 

 under some circumstances, breed twice but it is seldom 

 they raise two broods. April 1, 1885, first nest, nine 

 eggs; April 15, first young, probably two days old. 

 April 17, sharp frost, snow on the mountains. 



Igo. E. L. Ballou. July 1, 1884, first young, not 

 large enough to fly but large enough to hide. 



