BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 9 



Japanese, but he has had no success in raising them; 

 when let out they suddenly disappear and nothing 

 is seen or heard of them. Mr. Howard, near by, has 

 experimented with the same bird. A few weeks since 

 he informed me that his foreman told him he had seen 

 a flock of twenty-two birds. The birds mentioned are 

 the only ones experimented with. Certainly thus far 

 the experiments are not a success. In Oregon they have 

 met with great success, with both quail and pheasants." 



Bendire (1877). This species may properly be in- 

 cluded in the avi-fauna of southern Oregon. It was 

 originally introduced at Boise City, Idaho, and now ex- 

 tends to the Oregon side of Snake River, and is multiply- 

 ing rapidly. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson (1880). Intro- 

 duced and doing finely. 



2. Oreortyx pictus (Dougl.) MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE. 

 Newberry. They extend from the Columbia almost 



uninterruptedly, but nowhere abundantly, through the 

 Siskiyou, Calapooya and Trinity mountains to Cali- 

 fornia. 



0. B. Johnson. Very common throughout Western 

 Oregon, breeding extensively. 



Cooper, 1860. Very rare in Washington Territory, a 

 few small coveys only being found about Vancouver as 

 I was informed by the officers of the garrison in 1853. 



3. Oreortyx pictus plumiferus (Gould). PLUMED PAR- 



TRIDGE. 



San Diego County. F. E. Blaisdell. Common in the 

 higher mountains. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. Observed 

 January 23, the day of my arrival, and only once after- 

 ward; probably the snow drove them down the mountain. 



