W.J. Francis 1963. California Quail June 11. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County. in area D-7 gave three assembly calls, then walked back into weedy cover. 0900 On leaving the lab I heard a Crow! call to the south, and again saw a pair on the road to the west. June 12. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co. 0645 Outside the Behrman hole heard two birds give respectively Crow! and Assembly calls. One I was standing on an earth mound (guardian?) near population pits, a second flew to the top of the quail pen. In the pen 2 birds flew from A-1 to the bottom of the pen. 0655 I checked the nest in A-3; a bird ran off through the grass as I approached, while the hen re- maimed on the nest. A series of Crow!, Assembly, and some Squill calls were heard just outside the pen. 0702 Two birds flew into the E-9 Eucalyptus, two others into weed patch in D-8. I entered the pen to set the Fairley traps, and two moles ran out of D-8 after a few Squill calls. 0740 'No birds have