= 
No 
Summary of Foreign Game Bird Releases and Results 
Year 
1963 
1960 
1962 
1963 
Number 
Re-= 
leased 
76 
48 
33 
307 
FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 
Source or Gentle 
farm 
wild 
farm 
uw 
Direct 
Release 
gentle 
direct 
Month 
of Re- 
lease 
October 
May 
June 
Area 
Dyer County 
Hog Island G.M.A, 
Cumberland forest 
Apr.Aug., Cumberland and 
1960-1963 (continued) 
Results to Date 
Too early to tell 
Disappeared. One bird reported 
about 25 miles away in 1962. 
Too recent for comment. 
Not known 
Sept. Lancaster Cos. 
Table l. 
Species State 
Black Tennessee 
francolin 
(Cont 'd.) Virginta 
Gray 
francolin Guam 
(Francolinus 
pondicerianus 
interpositus) 
Hawaii 
1961 
1961 
1961 
1963 
1960 
1960 
1961 
1961 
1961 
1961 
1962 
1962 
1962 
1962 
1962 
145 
30 
13 
66 
66 
115 
127 
100 
100 
197 
239 
259 
160 
275 
wild 
wild 
wt 
Ww 
ia 
t 
W 
gentle 
W 
" 
u 
tt 
tt 
May 
December 
vw 
May 
May~-Dec. 
May 
i 
Feb~Mar. 
Jan-May 
Jan-Mar. 
Mar-May 
Mar-Apr 
N.W.field area 
Anderson AFB 
Dept.of Agri- 
culture area, 
Mangilao 
Maui 
Lanai 
Hawaii 
Maui 
Lanai 
Kauai 
Hawaii 
Maui 
Lanai 
Molokai 
Kaual 
Three broods observed June 
and July 1962 
Not reported. 
One brood seen July 1962 
Reproduction observed. Two 
broods, 5 and 6 young, and 3 
one=third grown young netted 
with doves June 12 at N.W.Field; 
one, similar-sized, May 3 at 
Mangilao. Birds frequently seen 
within few miles of release site. 
Reproducing on Hawaii and Maui. 
Seem to be established on Lanai. 
Pairing noted January through 
May except on Lanai where rearing 
of young was observed through 
September, Maximum brood size 
noted was 8. Most birds have re- 
mained in release area but one 
pair noted 14 miles from point of 
release. Birds found commonly in 
three different vegetative zones. 
L. a 


