W.J. Francis 1963 California Quail. June 28. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County. 1017. Noted a F in A-7 as Green family emerged from E-8; F pecked at instrument shelter as 4 and clucked frayed along edge of weed patch. 1025. Family returned by same route, as another F visible in D-9, within 4. Pen is now in complete sunshine except south & east edges and local shade of vegetation is nil. 1034. Chicks visible with pair in D-8, larger than Green family. 1040 Green family coming into D-8 as the previous pair emerged from weeds into C-8, then to water-hole again; I counted (uncertainly) 17 chicks, then they moved in weeds in B-6. 1047. A pair with several(!) chicks just below the water hole. Then 905 Came to water hole with one chick, with remiges sprouting & twice the size of the younger chicks; Orange F stood at edge of water while one other chick drank, then at 1053 the family returned to weeds with one smaller chick strayed from the Green brood(?). Since previous glimpses appeared to be 4 or 5 chicks, this family may be somewhat scattered.