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feathers whitish, and the flanks grayish brown. It is 

 a bird of the interior districts of California and Oregon, 

 south to Cape St. Lucas. 



The valley quail is an abundant species on the coasts 

 of California, Oregon and Washington, and has been 

 introduced on Vancouver Island and on a number of 

 the islands of Puget Sound. This, according to Dr. 

 Suckley, was done by Governor Charles H. Mason 

 and Mr. Goldsborough, as early as the year 1857. They 



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CALIFORNIA QUAIL 



have long been common on Whidbey Island and on 

 Vancouver Island, where they make, according to my 

 experience, far better shooting than they do in the dry 

 country of California. 



Of the two races, the California quail belongs espe- 

 cially to the coast, and the paler grayer form is found 

 in the drier interior, from western and southern Ore- 

 gon south, through western Nevada and interior Cali- 

 fornia, to Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. This 

 species is still abundant, and many broods are found 

 on some California ranches. In some places they 



