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lU'iishaw, 1876. We found it in the mountains near 

 Fort Tejon and in the Sierra in sufficient number of 

 localities to justify the belief that its distribution in 

 southern California is quite general. 



Agua Caliente, San Diego County. F. Stephens. 

 Resident; heard almost daily in the foothills. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Tolerably common 

 in the mountains; breeds. 



Tehachapi. L. B. Common resident. 



Paraiso Springs, Monterey County. W. E. Bryant. 

 April 1885. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway. An egg of this species 

 taken by Dr. Canfield near Monterey. 



Central California. L. B. Very common throughout 

 the Sierra in summer and is increasing rather than 

 otherwise. Probably a few nests are destroyed by sheep, 

 and a few are deserted in consequence of sheep grazing 

 about them, but this quail does not desert her nest for 

 slight cause. Many cross from California to the east 

 slope to breed, and, having done so, in September they 

 begin to cross to the west slope where they winter at 

 varying heights according to season. Between Summit 

 and Donner Lake, as early as September 4, 1885, I met 

 several flocks coming up from the lake on their way 

 down the west slope. The most of the species had 

 passed west of Summit before October 1, although I 

 found a few as late as October 12, and a few winter on 

 the east slope, as the settlers of Sierra Valley told me this 

 was the case there, and Mr. Ridgway found a flock near 

 Pyramid Lake, December 27, 1867. One of his speci- 

 mens was taken at Carson City, March 10, 1868. They 

 frequently take shelter in the snow sheds of the Central 

 Pacific Railroad during early snow storms and sometimes 

 journey westward within them. At such times they often 

 appear stupid and appear to have lost the instinct of self- 



