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171 (294) Lophortyx californica californica (Shaw) 
CALIFORNIA QUAIL 
Synonyms—Tetrao californicus; Callipepla californica, part; Ortyx cali- 
fornica, part; Lophortyx californica vallicola, part; Lophortyx californica brun- 
nescens; California Partridge, part. 
Status—Abundant resident of the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones in 
the narrow northwest humid belt south to southern Monterey County. The 
range of this race includes the whole San Francisco Bay region east to Mt. Diablo. 
172 (294a) Lophortyx californica vallicola (Ridgway) 
VALLEY QUAIL 
Synonyms—Callipepla californica, part; Ortyx californica, part; Lophortyx 
californica, part; Perdix californica; Callipepla californica vallicola; Valley 
Partridge; California Partridge, part. 
Status—Abundant resident of semi-arid parts of the Upper and Lower So- 
noran zones through the state east of the northwest humid coast belt, and west 
of the Mohave and Colorado deserts; occurs commonly in portions of the Modoc 
region of extreme northeastern California, in Shasta Valley, and south along the 
east slope of the Sierra Nevada to Owens Valley, and to the desert ranges to the 
eastward: Inyo, Coso, Argus and Panamint Mountains (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. 
Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 28) ; occurs also out onto the deserts east of the southern 
coast ranges, as in Antelope Valley, northern Los Angeles County (A. K. Fisher, 
loc. cit.), along the Mohave River at least to Victorville (J. Mailliard and J. Grin- 
nell, Condor, vu, 1905, p. 74), and at Palm Springs, Riverside County (many 
records). The species has been introduced at points where it may not have 
existed through natural means; as on San Clemente Island. The area of inter- 
gradation between L. c. vallicola and L. c. californica is not well known, but it 
is probably in a rather narrow belt paralleling the northern humid coast belt 
and, save for a wider interior detour around the San Francisco Bay region, does 
not extend more than forty miles from the seacoast. The range of vallicola meets 
the seacoast from San Luis Obispo County southward. The active policy of the 
State Game Commission in restocking depleted regions with quail from remote 
areas is doubtless resulting in upsetting the original racial relationships of the 
quail in the regions affected. Specimens at hand of good vallicola from Marin 
County may be accounted for in this way. 
173 (——) Lophortyx californica catalinensis Grinnell 
Caraumna IsuAND QuATL 
Synonyms—Lophortyx californica, part; Callipepla californica vallicola, 
part; Lophortyx calfornica vallicola, part. 
Status—Common resident on Santa Catalina Island. (See J. Grinnell, Auk, 
xxi, 1906, p. 262; and Condor, x, 1908, p. 94). 
