26 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



the State Hospital near Pendleton. They thrive well in the 

 patches of willow and Cottonwood along the river. 



Years ago, Bob-white qnail were introduced into the Boise 

 valley in Idaho and from this point they have undoubtedly spread 

 to eastern Oregon in the vicinity of Vale and Ontario in Malheur 

 county and along the Snake river in Wallowa county. 



Bob-white are also found in the northern part of Umatilla 

 county and it may be these birds spread north from those that 

 were introduced at Pendleton in 1893 ■ or they may possibly have 

 been introduced by some one in that locality. 



During the summer of 1899 while on a cruise up the Wil- 

 lamette river with Herman T. Bohlman, we saw= and heard Bob- 

 white quail near Independence. They were not uncommon at 

 that time in the country around Salem and south to Independence. 



During the spring of 1908, I heard a Bob-white quail at 

 Risley station between Portland and Oregon City. During the 

 early spring of 1909, I frequently heard Bob-white quail calling 

 in the vicinity of Jennings Lodge. I am very sure a pair nested 

 in that locality, but after the summer was over I saw nothing 

 more of these birds, nor were they there during the following 

 year. They were likely killed by house cats. 



In September of 1912, I saw three different flocks of Bob- 

 white quail within a distance of a mile or so of Sherwood in the 

 southeastern part of Washington county. 



Mr. C. C. Bryan, Deputy Game Warden of Corvallis, reports 

 that on May 20, 1912, he heard numbers of Bob-white quail call- 

 ing about three miles west of Lebanon. He reports that during 

 1911, he saw but very few of these quail in the southern part of 

 Benton county, but in 1912, the birds had materially increased 

 in that locality. 



During the fall of 1911, Mr. George Russell, Deputy Game 

 Warden at Gaston, reports seeing a number of coveys of Bob- 

 white quail in Polk, Benton and Linn counties. 



Bob-white quail are now fairly common in the Willamette 

 valley from the foothills of the Cascades west to the foothills of 

 the Coast range, and from Oregon City south to Albany, and 



