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hundred quail. A Coronado gentleman shot on the wing twelve dozen quail, and a friend with him, six dozen. The best bag that this first gentleman has made in San Diego County consisted of twenty-two dozen. 'They g9 in flocks MAP SHOWING INCREASE AND DECREASE OF VALLEY QUAIL IN CALIFORNIA AS REPORTED BY DEP- UTIES OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION, JANUARY, 1912. 0 Increase in numbers. -- Decrease in numbers.  Neither increase or decrease. DISTRIBUTION MAP MUEIM OF VERTEbrATE ZOOLOGY i'g. 57 of 50 to 800 and when a sportsman has studied the lay of the ground and knows the habits of the bird, he can invariably follow up the same flock with little trouble, until he has flushed and shot the greater number. There is no