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Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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CALIFORNIA PARTRIDGE Order—Galling Family—Odontophorid.« Genus—LoPHORTYx Species—Cali for nica National Association of Audubon Societies Educational Leaflet No. 58 The California Quail 313 tion to it, given mth the same notes, but with a very different accent, thatsounds like ^ku-ku-kuJ with the accent strongly on the second note, and thelast note faint. This means some sort of warning to the flock. It is not thereal danger signal, but is a sort of notice from the lookouts to be on guard, and,after a flock has been scattered, is used as well for a call signal to collect again,separated birds calling to each other from quite a distance. The real danger signal is very different, and sounds like dst-dst-dst, (drawingM^ the air or breath). Both male and female repeat this very rapidly severaltimes with a falling inflection, and when this danger call is sounded ex-citedly, the whole flock rims to cover. There is also a sort of twitteringthat the Quail make, either after a flock ha

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