. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 148 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME water is found at Kettleman Hills in the vicinity of the oil wells. How- ever, there is a belt around the edge of the Hills, away from the oil field, that seems to have abundant cover and feed, but has no water. This belt probably resembles the condition of the whole Kettleman Hills prior to oil development. No quail whatsoever are found in this area in the middle of the summer and early fall. With the adv
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 148 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME water is found at Kettleman Hills in the vicinity of the oil wells. How- ever, there is a belt around the edge of the Hills, away from the oil field, that seems to have abundant cover and feed, but has no water. This belt probably resembles the condition of the whole Kettleman Hills prior to oil development. No quail whatsoever are found in this area in the middle of the summer and early fall. With the advent of winter rains, however, some quail from the watered part move to this summer-dry area. In the spring, prior to the onset of summer drought, a few quail nest in this waterless belt. To test the best means of stocking such an area that has been recently supplied with new watering places, the fol- lowing experiment was designed. Four areas, each comprising about 200 acres, in separate, compar- able canyons on the dry, northwest slope of the Hills, were chosen. One of these (control canyon) was to be left absolutely dry; the other three were supplied with artificial quail water. One of the three watered areas (Tank No. 3) was left alone after water was supplied (no quail were introduced to see if birds would move in naturally from other places occupied by quail) ; at another (Tank No. 1), a covey of 23 quail marked with numbered and colored bands was released as a group in October, 1942; at the remaining installation (Tank No. 2), 23 similarly banded quail were penned for several days in a coop which was placed at the water. Three to five birds were released each day after they had been penned for a week. Periodic checks were then made on quail 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 Califor
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