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paratively few, if any, instances can the total disappearance of birds 



be attributed to this cause. 



Localities where Ring-necked Pheasants are now known to exist 



in the wild, together with an estimate of the number of birds present 



in 1916, according to figures furnished by deputies of the Fish and 



Game Commission, are as follows : 



Eureka, Humboldt County 700-800 



Fortuna, Humboldt County 500 



Fort Jones, Siskiyou County 75-100 



Yreka, Siskiyou County 200 



Greenvievv, Siskiyou County Several hundred 



^Yilliams, Colusa County 200-300 



Cloverdale, Lake County 500 



Napa, Napa County 300-500 



Susanville, Lassen County 100 



Grass A^alley, Nevada County 100-200 



Lodi, San Joaquin County 75-100 



Snelling, Merced County 150 



Porterville and Lindsey, Tulare County Several hundred 



Milpitas and Coyote, Santa Clara County 2000 



Watsonville, Santa Cruz County Several hundred 



Pacific Grove, Monterey County 200 



Big Pine, Inyo County 1000 



Reviewing their present status in detail, we find that Ring-necked 

 Pheasants are now well scattered over the Santa Clara Valley, espe- 

 cially north of the city of San Jose. Deputies I. L. Koppel and J. H. 

 Hill saw about fifteen (not over four together) on or near the road 

 between Alviso and Milpitas on one day in the fall of 1915. During 

 the previous summer Mr. Koppel saw a flock of between thirty -five and 

 forty pheasants at the Katz place, between Berryessa and Milpitas. 

 In 1912, the same observer saw a flock of at least one hundred and 

 fifty pheasants south of Coyote. They ranged from one-fourth grown 

 to adult birds. In August, 1913, two nests were discovered in a hay 

 field near the same town. The eggs were sent to the Game Farm where 

 they were successfully hatched. In May, June, and July, 1916, no less 

 than a dozen nests of pheasants were discovered near Alviso and San 

 Jose. ]\Iany of these were broken up in the mowing of alfalfa and 

 hay fields. Sixty-three eggs in good condition were taken from these 

 nests and sent to the State Game Farm. Nests and broods of young 

 were also observed near Coyote. The above observations, coupled with 

 the breeding records, show that the Ring-necked Pheasant may be 

 considered fairly established in the Santa Clara Valley. It was from 

 this same section that the first encouraging reports were received more 

 than twelve years ago, after fifty birds had been liberated near Coyote 

 Lake. All of the localities mentioned in this paragraph are in Santa 

 Clara County. 



