MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Vol. 2, No. 8 
Page 3 
Six pheasant broods that had not been previously observed were located on 
the Bellmont area during August, 1959. A total of 27 individual broods were 
located on the Bellmont area during the 1959 nesting season. The average size of 
the broods (based on 37 complete counts of chicks in broods observed one or more 
times) was 5.8 chicks per brood, and the average age was 7.3 weeks. The observed 
broods ranged in size from 1 to 12 chicks and ranged in age from 3 to 14 weeks. 
Nine broods were observed while driving 188 miles of roadside transect during 
early morning brood counts (4.8 broods per 100 miles). Fifty-five (24/cT:31 ? ?) 
individual pheasants were located on the area during the summer of 1959. 
A total of nine pheasant broods were located on the Neoga area during the 
1959 nesting season; no brood was observed more than once. The average number of 
chicks per brood was 6.8, and the average age of the chicks in the nine broods 
was 6.0 weeks. 
