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Table l. Comparison of pheasant nesting characteristics on seeded and control 
roadsides, Sibley Study Area, 1963 a nd 1964. 
Nests 
Number of 
Nests 
Seeded Plots 
Control Plots 
1963 
1964 
Percent 
Change 
1963 
1964 
Percent 
Change 
Established 
44 
68 
+ 54.5 
41 
38 
- 7-3 
Hatched 
17 
14 
- 17.6 
7 
5 
- 28.6 
Abandoned and/or Destroyed 
27 
54 
+ 100.0 
34 
33 
- 3.0 
3- Factors Inf1uencinq Distribution and Abundance of Pheasants W. L. Anderson 
In an effort to locate and observe pheasants on the Neoga Study Area, fields 
of tame hay and wheat stubble were systematically searched during the nights of 
August 5 and 6, 1964, with the aid of two trucks rigged for night1ighting. 
Fourteen pheasants were found by expending 14.9 truck-hours to search 575 acres 
of hay and stubble, an average of 0.9 pheasant per truck-hour of night1ighting. 
During corresponding periods in 1961, 1962, and 1963, averages of 5-2, 8.4, and 
4.0 pheasants, respectively, were found per truck-hour of night 1 ighting. It is 
obvious that the pheasant population at Neoga was at a considerably lower level 
during the late summer of 1964 than during the same period in the 3 preceding years. 
4. Responses of Bobwhites to Habitat Manipu1 at ion 
J. A. Ellis, R. L. Westemeier 
The primary objective of the trapping program on the Forbes, Dale, and Alma 
study areas during the spring and summer of 1964 was to capture and mark as many 
quail as possible. Trapping effort and placement of traps were aimed at satisfy¬ 
ing this objective. Data on movements of adult cock quail were obtained during 
the trapping period, also. 
Between May 19 and July 20, 1964, 195 individual adult cock quail were 
captured on the three study areas (Table 2). Ninety-five of these birds were 
recaptured 163 times. Forty-nine quail were recaptured at trap sites other than 
the sites of their original captures. The mean distance moved per bird varied 
among the three areas and, on each area, appeared to be small. In calculating 
the mean distance moved per bird, we included birds recaptured at the sites of 
their original captures. Quail recaptured only at the sites of their original 
captures accounted for 46, 38, and 63 percent of the recaptured quail on the 
Forbes, Dale, and Alma areas, respectively. 
The farthest distance of recorded movement was 3-2 miles from the point of 
original capture. This quail was originally captured on the Alma Area and was 
recaptured 2 weeks later on the Forbes Area. Three tagged quail were sighted more 
