DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



No. 10 



£lk (Wapiti) Herd, Industrial Farm, Burwash, Ontario 



Elk {Wapiti). — Continuing the experiment commenced in 1932, arrange- 

 ments were completed and shipment to the Province from Wainwright, 

 Alberta, was made during the year of six carloads of these animals, some of 

 which have been placed at Burwash on the lands of the Industrial Farm at 

 that point — some on the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve — and the re- 

 mainder on the recently created Nipigon-Onaman Crown Game Preserve, 

 lying east of Lake Nipigon. It is expected that the placing of these animals 

 within protected areas will encourage the permanent establishment of this 

 species within the Province and thus add to the attractions which existing 

 species of large game animals already provide 



Rtiffed Grouse {Partridge). — It was possible during the year to again 

 provide an open season for the taking of these birds, and while some dimin- 

 ution in the numbers of these birds is evident, the reduction is not any 

 greater than could be expected in view of the extensive hunting during the 

 season. 



Sharp-tailed Grouse {Prairie Chicken). — The open season for the taking 

 of partridge also applied to this species. The existence of these birds, 

 generally speaking, is confined to the extreme northern and northwestern 

 areas, in which sections their numbers are reported to be plentiful. 



Ptarmigan.- — These birds exist in numbers only in the far north and 

 northwest, where conditions are reported to be favourable. 



Quail. — Existence of this species is limited to the southwestern counties, 

 where their numbers are reported to be increasing. 



Ducks. — This species of game bird continues to provide good sport 

 during the season, and while they are perhaps not so numerous as they were 

 in bygone years, so far as our reports go, conditions as they affect these 

 birds are possibly somewhat improved over those which have existed in more 

 recent years. 



Plover and Snipe. — No improvement has been observed and these birds 

 continue to be very scarce throughout the Province. 



