Game Protection and 



will never be known exactly how much the Game Protection Fund has 

 lost. It was also found that there were fines amounting to $4787.86 in 

 the different county treasuries, which had not been paid into- the State 

 Treasury and placed to the credit of the Game Protection Fund. This 

 makes a total of $21,090.86 which was added to the Game Protection 

 Fund by checking these old accounts. 



Breeding Pens for Pheasants, State Game Farm 



The State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners is anxious to 



keep our fields and forests well stocked with game birds. Native birds, 



such as the mountain and valley quail, ruffed and 



^ > j sooty grouse are still abundant in many localities. The 

 Game Birds 



grouse are birds of the thicket and woods. As the trees 

 are cut and the land is cleared, their breeding places 

 are destroyed and they are growing less in number. By experiment 

 is has been found that the Chinese, or ring-necked pheasant, is a 

 bird that thrives remarkably well in almost every section of the 

 state. The introduction of the Hungarian partridge has also 

 been very successful. Very fair results have been secured with 

 the Reeves pheasants in certain localities in the Willamette Val- 

 ley. In several places these birds have bred in the wild state, but the 

 experiment has not been carried far enough to determine whether they 

 will really get a good start and perpetuate themselves. Silver and golden 

 pheasants are reared in captivity, and although quite a number of them 

 have been liberated in places, I do not know of any locality where they 

 are breeding in a wild state. The difficulty seems to be to get these birds 

 to go wild. For this reason it is a question whether these species can 

 ever be used for game birds, although they are beautiful for ornamental 

 purposes. 



