Principal Areas of Climatic Adaptability of Various Species 
Mid~Atlantic 
Korean pheasant 
Western Iranian pheasant crosses 
Japanese green pheasant 
White-crested kalij pheasant 
Reeve's pheasant 
Southeast 
Black francolin 
Bamboo partridge 
Southwest 
Black francolin 
Gray francolin 
Red-legged partridge 
Turkish chukar 
Seesee partridge 
Red junglefowl 
Afghan white-winged pheasant 
Eastern Iranian pheasant 
White-crested kalij pheasant 
Red junglefowl 
Western Iranian pheasant Pacific 
Japanese green pheasant Black francolin 
White-crested kalij pheasant Bamboo partridge 
| Red-legged partridge 
Midwest Turkish chukar 
Korean pheasant Seesee partridge 
Iranian pheasant crosses Red junglefowl 
Japanese green pheasant Korean pheasant 
Reeve's pheasant Afghan white-winged pheasant 
Japanese green pheasant 
Rocky Mountains White-crested kalij pheasant 
Turkish chukar Reeve's pheasant 
Seesee partridge 
Korean pheasant 
Afghan white-winged pheasant 
White~crested kalij pheasant 
Reeve's pheasant 
PROPAGATION OF FOREIGN GAME BIRDS BY SPECIES 
“Many biologists believe that State game farms have outlived their 
usefulness, If so the current Program has returned to them their historical 
reason for existence. Without them it is probable that the successful 
acclimatization of the pheasant and the chukar would have been long-delayed. 
Most foreign countries will not permit the exportation of native species 
in numbers needed to complete satisfactory trials in the United States, 
The only alternative is to rear thrifty birds, adequately conditioned for 
survival in the wild, in numbers sufficient to supplement these trials. 
Realizing this, 25 States are now utilizing breeding stock secured 
through the Foreign Game Introduction Program to produce additional birds 
for trial release. Ten of these are now devoting their game rearing facil- 
ities exclusively to the production of foreign game species. The list 
includes two francolins, five partridges, seven pheasants and two kinds of 
sandgrouse. All except the last named are currently being raised in fair 
to substantial numbers on State farms. In fact, over the past four years 
99,796 foreign game birds are reported as reared on the State game farms. 
Most of these are pheasants. Overall about three-quarters of the birds 
raised were from breeding stock provided by thé F.G.I.P. In 1963, 23,939 
individuals representing 15 species or subspecies were produced for trial 
release. 
