130 Second Annual Keport of the 



secutive number upon it, a record of the number being noted by 

 the Department. No matter how many sales have been made of 

 said game, the date of importation anjd the name of the importer 

 can always be determined by the number upon the tag. The tag 

 can only be used once, as it cannot be removed without being 

 destroyed. This does away with the incentive to violate the law, 

 as it gives the dealer a right to sell imported tagged game openly 

 the entire year. 



During last year the following species of game have been im- 

 ported and tagged: 



34,849 pheasants; 

 20,387 Scotch grouse; 

 46,117 European black game; 

 66,357 European black plover; 

 45,214 European red legged partridge; 

 36,897 European quail, 



making a total of 339.297 birds tagged. 



In addition, there were 18 European red deer, which required 

 six tags on each carcass, one tag for each quarter and one for 

 each loin; also 1,471 fallow deer, 2,098 roebuck, and 150 Ameri- 

 can deer bred in captivity in the State of Xew York, giving a 

 total of 3,728 deer tagged. 



The number of native game held in storage during the close 

 season of 1911 under bond was 149,176. 



Pheasants. 



Within recent years a new industry, the rearing of pheasants, 

 has been given attention by this Department, also by private clubs, 

 and is beyond the experimental stage. The sportsmen and land 

 owners are making large demands upon the Commission for both 

 pheasants and eggs. During the year 1912 the Department re- 

 ceived applications for 28,261 pheasants and 126,361 eggs. 

 Under the most favorable conditions the one State game farm 

 would supply only thirty thousand eggs and five thousand birds. 

 In filling aplications for pheasants or eggs, only those were sent 

 where the application stated that the land was not posted. The 

 Commission should continue to stock the covers of the State with 



