Herbrickson 1950 Journal Aug. 28 Lower Covington Flats, 5000 ft., Riverside Co., Calif. shy and easily disturbed. The chipmunks reacted only to sounds and the most gross movements (I was about 35 yards from the water, up on the canyon wall). The quail seemed little or not at all disturbed by my movements and the sounds I made in moving. It repeatedly approached the pit and started down the steep slope (it seemed reluctant to use the more gradual slope which I had created), stopping about 1/3 of the way down when dislodged gravel rattled into the water), crowing its neck and bobbing its head. Each time it then retreated back to the level without going on down, returned to the shade for a few minutes, only to return, circle the pit partially or completely and repeat the performance. Obviously (!?), thirsty, it never did get any water while I watched it. At 10:20 A.M., the crack from which I took a Pipistrelle showed a temp. of 30.5 C. The sun was just beginning to fully light the face of the rock on which the crack opened. Upon removing water from the water hole