ABSTRACT 
State reports covering the propagation and trial liberation of 
foreign game birds are summarized for the period 1960 through 1963. 
Details are then provided in tabular form. Of the 21 species and 
subspecies and 6 crosses reported, only the sandgrouse and the 
Himalayan snowcock have not yet been produced in numbers in cap- 
tivity. Increasing consideration is being given to the production 
of well-reared birds conditioned for survival in the wild following 
release, In all, 78,217 individuals, mostly pheasants, are reported 
to have been raised for trial liberation from breeders provided 
through the Foreign Game Introduction Program. These releases sup~ 
plement 16,145 birds wild-trapped and sent to cooperating States for 
trial release. 
While, for most speciés under trial, it is still too early to 
evaluate results, some are evident. Iranian pheasants, black franco~ 
lin and gray francolin have demonstrated an ability to survive, re- 
produce and increase substantially on release areas. Conversely 
Indian sandgrouse and two other species have probably failed to adapt 
themselves and the semi-domestic strain of Reeve's pheasant is barely 
hanging on. Six other species are maintaining themselves in numbers 
sufficient to justify guarded optimism. 
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