86 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
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 
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 
