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fur-bearers and its depredations on trap-lines were probabh" less serious than 

 those of the wolf. Its near-extermination is evidence against any great difficult}' 

 of capture. 



Trap-line Management 



A careful stud}' is now being made of the possibility' of imj)roving the basis 

 of trap-line management in Ontario. 



Introduced Wildlife 



The ring-necked pheasant was at a low ebb in southern Ontario in tiie 

 spring of 1946 after a series of adverse seasons. A study of the wild hatch 

 showed large and healthy broods, but the number of broods was extremeh' 

 small. As the qualit}" of the shoot is determined by the wild stock it was 

 obviously predestined to be poor. Isolated colonies of Hungarian Partridge 

 survive, after unfavourable seasons, over a wide area. The\' are reasonabh" 

 nimierous in the eastern tip of the Province. European hares are in normal 

 numbers, and have practically stopped spreading. 



Wildlife Propagation 



Pheasants were raised under contract at the Department's farms at Norman- 

 dale and Codrington. In addition, deficiencies in our supply of birds were 

 made up b\' purchase from private breeders. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PHEASANTS IN ONTARIO 

 For the fiscal year ending March 31, 1947 



