W.J. Francis 1963. California Quail June 17. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co. at 1940 a ♂ flew into E-9 Noost. June 18. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co. 0750. A male (pub. Green) flew from Wet corner of Bahia lab. pen as I approached. Green Male ♂3 was in the central clearing, feeding a little, then stood on the edge of dust bath area. An outside ♂ walked across the top of the pen and gave a few assembly & Caw! calls; ♂3 ♂ then gave a series of Caw! calls, ran up and down the cleared area, and at 0800 perched on the small instrument shelter. 1500. Saw a pair of birds with several small chicks in area A-1 and A-2, who all went into weeds, and moved down along fence. Saw the ♀ to be Orange. At 1502, Black ♀ flew across pen from A-3 (nest site) to top of instrument shelter. She gave assembly call twice and was joined by Green ♂. I checked the nest at 1508 and found the 18 eggs unchanged; suggest the passage of the other family dis-