CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. • 215 



Breeding Notes. — This bird breeds throughout its range. The 

 eggs are laid on the bare rocks, just above high-water wash. The 

 number of eggs varies from one to three, usually two, and are laid 

 about the loth June. (Turner.) A nest of this species found in 

 Cumshewa inlet, Queen Charlotte islands, June 17th, 1899, was 

 merely a hollow about two inches deep and almost perfectly round, 

 scooped out of a weedy turf a few feet above high-water mark. The 

 bottom of the hollow was covered with bits of broken stone, evidently 

 placed there by the old bird. (Osgood.) Dall found two nests on 

 the Shumagin group, June 23rd, 187a. In both cases the eggs were 

 placed directly on the gravel of the beach; one nest contained two 

 eggs, the other one. Mr. John Fannin says that the eggs are 

 generally two and laid on the bare rocks close to the water. 



Order GALLING. G-allinaceous Birds. 

 Family XXV. TETRAONID.ffi. Grouse, Partridges, &c. 



CXXV. COLINUS GoLDFuss. 1820. 

 289. Bob-white. Quail. 



Colinus virginianus (Linn.) Stejn. 1885. 



The Bob-white maybe claimed as a permanent resident in southern 

 Ontario, which is the northern limit of its range, but it has hard 

 work to hold its own against the many influences that are contin- 

 ally operating against it. (Mcllwraith.) Breeds all through the 

 southern part of the southwestern peninsula of Ontario, commonly 

 below lat. 43° and more rarely up to lat. 44°. {W. Saunders.) 

 The quail was at one time found along the north shore of Lake 

 Ontario, certainly as far east as Port Hope. I doubt if any quail 

 of pure blood are left east of Lake Erie. (/. H. Fleming.) 



CXXVI. OREORTYX Baird. 1858. 



292. Mountain Partridge. 



Oreortyx pictus (Dougl.) Baird. 1858. 



Quite common on Vancouver island. Introduced from Califor- 

 nia. (Fannin.) Very plentiful on the Sooke hills, about 25 miles 

 from Victoria, Vancouver Island in 1906. (Spreadborough.) 



