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Pheasant
19.
Mayhew
1950
July 1
(7)
Conaway Ranch, 2 mi. east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif.
a ♀ with 1 youngster about ½ grown
was seen today along a ditch bank.
July 11
(8)
a ♀ and 1 youngster better than ½ the
size of the ♀ was flushed from a ditch
bank.
(9)
a ♂, ♀ + 1 youngster about 4 weeks old
were flushed from the side of the road.
July 12
This morning, from 7 to 9 A.M., Lee Baldock,
Paul Tillman & I made a road census
of broods. The area covered was from the
main canal west to the west boundary
of the ranch and from the road beside
new headquarters south to old headquarters.
The total birds seen was 161. Of this number,
4 were ♂, 22 were ♀ + 135 were young. Nearly
all the young were approximately ½ grown.
The individual tallies were:
♀
young
- + 2
1 + 3
4 + 38
- + 6
1 + 0
1 + 0
1 + 5
1 + 12
1 + 3
- + 3
3 + 1
2 + 11
♀
young
2 + 8
1 + 0
- + 5
2 + 18
1 + 5
1 + 14
- + 1
22 + 135