Pheasant Mayhew 1949 July 21 Conaway Ranch, 2 miles east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. just east of the last turn in the ditch. There were 5 eggs in the nest, but one of them was broken. (SE corner of section 29). July 23 2 ♀ seen without broods. July 24 A ♀ with 2 chicks about 7 weeks old were seen this afternoon. a ♀ with 1 chick about 9 weeks old was flushed near the reservoir. July 26 This morning while making a mallard census of the S.W. quarter of section 19, I flushed 1 ♂ + 2 lone ♀ from the rice levees. a ♀ with 2 chicks about 9 weeks old were also flushed. Aug. 4 The ♀ apparently hatched 3 young in this nest, as there remains only 1 infertile egg + the shells of the 3 other eggs. Nov. 12 At 6 A.M. Don Held & I each walked the harvested rice fields to get a sex ratio of pheasants on the ranch. This was about 1/2 hour before sunrise, & as the area was very damp from dew + rain, few pheasants were found here. We each covered about 100 acres of rice stubble, but found only 21 birds together. However, a fair number were found on fallow ground, where the birds apparently had gathered to get warm & keep dry. In all, we saw 76 pheasants — 15 ♂, 61 ♀, for a 1:4 sex ratio of birds seen.