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W. J. Francis
1963
California Quail.
Aug.26. Hasting Reservation, Monterey County.
1817. The covey of 8 gradually moved
toward the larger covey and the groups
mingled. I could identify certainly only
2 adult 8 at 2 of the 8, and only one
adult 8 in the covey of 16. Most of the
others appeared to be immature.
Another count gave 17 and 8, the
two groups slightly separated.
Another brush were heard in the
brush on the hillside below the
instrument shelter.
Aug.27. Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co.
0800 to 0930 observation at the pump
where ground water was available from
seepage revealed neither sight nor
sound of any quail.
Aug.27. Hunter Liggett Military Reservation,
Monterey County. 1810 Flushed an
adult 8 and 10 3/4 grown young
along the roadside; another group
of birds calling in the brush
nearby. 1915. 14 quail mixed
up the hillside near water point
#1, 10 8A, 2 99, and 2 not
determined - all full grown, but
probably one or two broods which