REPORT OP THE PISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



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Fig. 71. Ducklings and tiieir foster-parents at State Game Farm. The ducklings 

 were hatched from eggs collected in nearby marshes and from those depos- 

 ited by captive ducks. Photograph by W. N. Dirks. 



Breeding Stock. 



The breeding stock at the Game Farm on July 1, 1916, was as 



follows : 



Valley Quail, including young stock 350 



Mountain quail 15 



Bobwhite quail 20 



Golden pheasants, including young stock 17 



Silver pheasants, including young stock -- 14 



Ring-necked pheasants, including young stock 140 



Ducks (13 species, including fulvous itree-ducks) : 575 



Geese (4 species) 9 



Coots 10 



Great blue heron 1 



Total birds 1,151 



Black-tailed deer 2 



Mexican white-tailed deer 1 



Total mammals 



