. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Valley Quails. Taken in Monterey County n/20 VALLEY QUAIL Photo by the Author nished me by Mrs. Bagg, of 412 W. Montecito St., Santa Barbara. Ac- cording to this lady, in the summer of 1910 a pair of these birds nested on a horizontal stretch of dense wistaria covering an arbor, at a height of ten feet from the ground. At first the nest was insecure, and one egg fell through to the ground, but the bottom was evidently repaired soon after, for t
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Valley Quails. Taken in Monterey County n/20 VALLEY QUAIL Photo by the Author nished me by Mrs. Bagg, of 412 W. Montecito St., Santa Barbara. Ac- cording to this lady, in the summer of 1910 a pair of these birds nested on a horizontal stretch of dense wistaria covering an arbor, at a height of ten feet from the ground. At first the nest was insecure, and one egg fell through to the ground, but the bottom was evidently repaired soon after, for there were no more losses. On hatching day the parent birds took station on the lawn below and called the chicks to them one by one as they tumbled off the trellis roof. The little fellows were oftenest stunned at first, but soon recovered and toddled off to join their fellows. Presently the parents called them together, led them off, and secreted them under a sidewalk a block away. After solemnly charging the little brood to remain together and motionless, the parent birds returned to look for delinquents. The last two chicks had fallen out after their parents had departed, and being evidently the weakest of the lot, had lain stunned on the ground for a longer time than usual; but as they were beginning to recover, Mrs. Bagg, in mistaken kindness, noting the absence of the old birds, gathered them up and took them into the house. The 1583. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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