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Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga21_3cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
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L'OS CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME ready to give warning to his mate, of any danger that threatens. At such times the female feeds busily, and contrary to the custom at other seasons, spends little or no time looking around for possible danger. If all is well, the male utters at short intervals a low, soft cluck; in case of danger he utters the kur-r! note and plit-plits loudly, whereupon the female vanishes. During the incubation period the male still accompanies the female to the feeding grounds, often flying to meet her as she Leaves the nesl ;
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Pig. 5. Male California Quail doing "sentry duty" while his mate and young (hidden in the grass below) forage without the necessity of keeping a lookout for danger. but now, except for an occasional disinterested peck at some object, he spends the entire time doing sentry duty until the female is ready to return to the nest. What nourishment he gets is picked up at odd moments during the day, especially just before roosting time, since the female returns to the nest some little time before the coolness of dusk has settled.

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