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siderable numbers out into Lake, Harney and Malheur counties. 

 In the collection of skins belonging to the Fish and G-ame Com- 

 mission, are specimens from the following localities : Portland, 

 Eugene, Salem, Roseburg, The Dalles, Sisters, Klamath Falls, 

 Adel and the Alvord ranch in Harney county. 



According to the old records, the Mountain or Plumed Quail 

 were not native to the state of Washington. In the early seven- 

 ties, Prof. 0. B. Johnson of the University of Washington wrote 

 that these birds were rarely found north of the Willamette Val- 

 ley. At that time they were very abundant in Oregon and many 

 were trapped and shipped alive to different markets. Some of 

 the birds sent to Seattle were liberated in that locality, on Whid- 

 bey Island and other places. W. L. F. 



ERROR IN FEBRUARY ISSUE. 



In the report of game fish distributed during 1914 which was 

 published on page 41 of the February issue of The Oregon Sports- 

 man the number 1 of brood fish which have been kept in the Mc- 

 Kenzie river hatchery was repeated. The second line should have 

 been left out and the following line inserted: ''Brood fish held 

 in Bonneville hatchery, 79,300." 



ANGLING IMPROVES IN UMATILLA COUNTY. 



During the past year game conditions have improved in 

 many parts of the state because of the large numbers of game 

 fish liberated in the various streams. 



Dr. J. D. Plamondon of Athena writes as follows: 



"I have been fishing in the waters of the Meacham creek, 

 which is the principal tributary of the Umatilla river, for about 

 fifteen years and wish to state that the past season's catches have 

 exceeded all other seasons in my experience both in number of 

 fish and size. 



' ' Other sportsmen of this vicinity, some of whom have fished 

 the Umatilla and Meacham for many years, concur with me in 

 this opinion. 



"More and more people visit these streams annually and the 

 fact that the catches are better each year speaks well for the 

 results obtained by the Fish and Game Commission in its methods 

 of fish protection and propagation." 



