MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Vol. 3, No. 3 
Page 3 
basis of body weight. Nine rations containing different amounts of calcium and 
phosphorus were fed in each of nine pens. The amount of calcium in the rations 
ranged from 0.75 to 2.00 per cent and the available phosphorus from an estimated 
0.3 to 0.9 per cent. Samples of the feed will be analyzed chemically for more 
exact determination of the amounts of calcium and phosphorus. 
A total of 514 (103 cocks and 411 hens) wild-trapped pheasants were 
transplanted to the Neoga area during the winter, and 600 (100 cocks and 500 hens) 
game farm "California" pheasants were released at Neoga in February. All the 
"California" pheasants were marked with plastic back tags. During March, 708 
pheasants (including repeat observations of some birds) were observed on the area; 
213 pheasants were identified as wild-transplants, 272 as released "California" 
birds, and 223 were unidentified. The pheasants were observed in almost the same 
ratio in which they were released. Forty-five per cent of the pheasants released 
at Neoga were wild-transplants, and, in March, 42 per cent of the identified 
pheasants observed were wild, transplanted pheasants. 
