W.J. Frances 1963 6. California Quail. Mar.7. Hastings Reservation Monterey Co, flight into adjacent brush. 3 birds remained on the ground - 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ (about six feet apart) in open and 1 ♀ under a shrub. after a minute these all walked into the brush. 0705 After leaving area briefly returned to observe 14 quail (7 each sex) feeding same place. Sexes almost randomly dis- tributed but two pair observed feeding close together and somewhat apart from main group. 0708 Birds took alarm and ran and flew back into brush; a few seconds afterward a single bird (watchman?) flew from an isolated shrub at edge of feeding area into the brush. 0712 One or more birds flew from clearing under oak trees back toward brush. Observed 2 ♂ followed closely by 2 ♀ feeding in this same clearing, walking off toward abandoned shack. Also heard several birds flying (probably same ones). Several alarm calls heard, following by "talking" - McMillan Ranch, San Luis Obispo County. 1345 Heard quail calling in Marin Springs Canyon. Single male