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sional importations. In 1900, 97 of the birds were imported and 

 liberated in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, where the Eingneck 

 Pheasant had been successfully introduced a few years previously ; in 

 1904, 192 were liberated on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and 

 57 in Fraser Valley and other places in British Columbia ; in 1905, 

 20 were placed on a preserve in Massachusetts, and 91 on one in 

 North Carolina ; in 1906, besides a fresh lot that went to the Virginia 

 preserve mentioned, birds were placed on preserves in New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Mississippi. In 

 addition to these, which consisted of comparatively small consign- 

 ments, 1000 were imported in 1906 by the State Game Commissioner 

 of Illinois and 200 by the State Game Warden of Kansas for re- 

 stocking the covers of those States. The last two importations are 

 apparently the earliest official efforts to introduce the Hungarian 

 Partridge into any State. In 1907 about 2500 more were brought in 

 for this purpose, and in 1908 the number of official importations rose 

 to 12,000, while in 1909 it advanced to the important total of 27,000. 

 The States thus experimenting with the acclimatization of this popular 

 game bird include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, and Washington. 



" The total importations of Partridges from July 1st, 1900, to 

 December 31st, 1909, are shown in detail in the following table : — 



Importatio7is of Euroj^ean Partridges, July 1, 1900, to Dec. 31, 1909. 



Period. 



Unspecified. 



Hungarian. 



Total. 



July 1 to Dec. 31 1900... 

 1901 



315 



40 



4 



72 



23 



364 



311 



422 



957 



1,665 



200 

 20 

 62 



228 



181 



2,250 



2,556 



11,875 



27,425 



515 

 60 



1902 



66 



1903 



72 



1904 



251 



1905 



545 



1906 



2,561 



1907 



■ 2,978 



1908 



12,832 



1909 



29,090 







Total 



4,173 



44,797 



48,970 







" While every effort has been made to insure accuracy in these 

 figures, they are only approximate, because sometimes it is impossible 



