D. PEARSON 1950 Species Accounts Colinus 38 June 8 Saw one covey of at least 5, 3 1/2 min. 5 Villanuevas also 2 pairs (may not have been 8+2) June 9 Hunting south of town about 5 p.m. saw quite a few quail in the pasture - then scrub country - mostly in small coveys. My impression that there are more quail than there is whistling. June 10 Hunting at 7:30 for about half an hour heard calling from one direction, saw one pair sitting on a wall. June 11 1 1/2 km. SE Villanueva. Saw 2 pairs on stone walls near camp Heard calling in another direction. In afternoon saw one covey of at least 5. Savage caught a tiny downy young on June 7. I'm sure it was a quail because mother flew off from it. June 13 Continue to see coveys + pairs, very little calling June 16 Being familiar with their haunts now, I think it possible to score up perhaps 8 pairs or coveys in 3/4 hour (most of time spent walking across open savannah between "islands" where the quail are). Yet we hear whistling only 2 or 3 times a day. Most of the coveys seem to contain 3/4 grown young, but this is only an impression. June 23 Thatched a small covey and picked on a smallish-looking bird but fired too soon and on dead center. Found two legs and two wings, each sprouting many new feathers. July 16 Here at Cerbatano have seen 2 singles, one pair, and one covey of 4. Have heard no singing July 17 Saw 2 more coveys, about 10 and 6.