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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 


Table 1. Summary of Foreign Game Bird Releases and Results - 1960-1963 (continued) 
Number Direct Month 
Species State Year Re- Source or Gentle of Re-~ Area Results to Date 
leased Release lease 
Common Hawaii 1961 140 wild gentle March Hawaii Pohakuloa (Hawaii 1962) release 
Indian 1961 137 M i " Molokai most successful to date 
sandgrouse 1961 118 4 ms ts Kauai Dispersion 15 miles. Kauai and 
(Pterocles 1962 401 m v Mar=-May Hawaii Molokai results doubtful. 
exustus 1963 0 - - - - No reports. It appears doubt- 
hindustan) ful that species will establish. 
Nevada 1960 400 m direct spring Pahranagat Valley Moved southward following cold 
October rains. 
1961 1048 ‘ ‘ Moapa and Virgin Most birds left area by Jan.1962. 
Valley Dispersion rapid. Few birds 
overwintered on area, 
1961 600 ° a " Pahrump Valley Two banded birds recovered 800 
miles south at Navajoa, 
Sonora, Mexico. 
1963 0 No birds reported. 
Red Alabama 1962 23 farm 2 March Baldwin County Surplus males, Birds tame. 
Junglefowl 
(Gallus 1963 17 £- a April Greene County Some being seen. 
gallus 38 " a August au . 
murghi) 
Georgia 1963 57 ‘ ey Sept. Decatur County Too soon to tell. 
48 . a .: Clark Hill G.M.A., Too soon to tell. 
he 1963 92 . ms Oct-Dec Eglin A.F. Base Too soon to tell. 
(EAB 
Oklahoma 1961 29 E " Sept.._-« Stringtown G.M.A. Good survival. Little dispersion. 
1962 28 bs u February Stringtown G.M.A. Very wary. Difficult to locate. 
Only 8 females in all liberated. 
One nest broken up. 
