MONTHLY WILDLIFE 
RESEARCH 
LETTER 
Vol. 3, No. 5 
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A breeding population of 152 individual pheasants has been observed on 
the Neoga area since April 18 (See Table 2). Sixty-nine per cent of the breeding 
population is composed of wild-transplanted pheasants, while 25 per cent are of 
game farm stock. Observations of the two sources of pheasants have indicated that 
the wild-transplants, particularly the cocks, are more dominant than are the game 
farm birds. The territorial cocks are predominately wild-transplanted cocks and are 
more efficient in maintaining harems than are game farm cocks. 
Since the releases were made during the past w5_nter, 173 dead pheasants 
have been recovered. Of these, 139 were from the game farm stock, 16 were wild- 
transplants, and 9 were undetermined as to origin. 
Table 2. —Number of individual pheasants located at Neoga April 18 to 
May 25, I960. Data do not include repeat observations of individual pheasants. 
Cocks 
Hens 
Total 
Per 
Cent 
Game farm stock 
("California" pheasants) 
10 
28 
38 
25 
Wild-transplants 
32 
73 
105 
69 
Unknown Origin 
4 
5 
9 
6 
Totals 
46 
106 
152 
100 
