W.J. Francis 1963. California Quail. Apr. 28. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., male was seen to run from the vicinity of the gate, 4 birds along NW fence, and one male along SE fence. At 1925 Orange ♂ copulated with O5♀, (area C-1) and right afterwards Green ♂ copulated with Black ♀ (C-5). In both copulations the ♀ was squatted very close to the ground with head erect, and tail raised to one side of the ♂'s tail. The male grasped the feathers on her crown with his bill, and curved his body quite sharply, as he moved his pelvis again both forward and back and sideways for the approx. 10 seconds the copulation occupied. A third pair birds came out of the tall grass in E8 and crossed the open area feeding on the green leaves in that area, and the extra ♂ was seen along the SE fence. Green ♂ and Black ♀ had been feeding on grain in the open center of the pen. At 1937, Orange ♂ and O5♀, after first running rapidly from A3 to near the Eucalyptus in D-4, walked out into the