W.J. Francis 1963 30. California Quail March 28. Camatti Canyon, San Luis Obispo County. Pair flushed from the fence row. McMillan Ranch. 1750 Observing covey feeding in back of house. A group of 25 birds flew to the house almost colliding with the pickup as we drove op. After visiting the area back of the house nearly two hundred birds congregated, coming in pairs or flying in groups usually of 10 to 12. Two or three short chases were noted, one by a &, the others in the midst of a dense feeding group and probably related to feeding on- flict. At 1807 4 males made a sustained chase of a female who dodged back & forth through the feeding birds; after the other males ceased chasing, one con- tinued, for a total of the better part of a minute. At about the same time 3 other males chased females for only a few seconds. This was definite courting, not merely roaming together to a food supply, as evidenced by the entirely different attitude of the birds.