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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 
Reeves Kentucky 1959 765 farm‘) direct fall Two areas Only 3 broods reported through 
pheasant 1960 2301 a either m Seven areas 1961. Birds generally tame. 
(cont'd.) 1961 994 i direct summer Three areas For detailed report see FGIP 
1962 2623 ’ be summer~fall Five areas Report #12. 
1963 938 at 7. " Three areas Results not encouraging. No 
additional releases scheduled. 
Ohio 1958- 21,952 "(1) either June-Oct. Southeasterm Ohio Some reproduction but little 
1961 evidence of establishment, 
1963 0 
Virginia 1960 106 farm(l) direct October Cumberland Forest Not known. 
1961 12 Y sn April Cumberland Forest Not known. 
1962 101 v _ i Philpot Reservoir Not known. 
Discontinued Apparently a failure. 
Reeves Ohio Ohio 1960 260 m is Oct-Nov 5S.E, and S. Ohio No evidence of establishment. 
ringneck 1961 950 W tt uw 
cross 
Elliot's Ohio 1960 300 ™ November S&S, Ohio No evidence of survival. 
pheasant 1961 950 " ss a 8. Ohio 
(Syrmaticus 
ellioti) 

(1) Brood stock was the best obtainable from breeders in the United States but in captivity for many years. 
Wild-trapped Reeves breeders secured in France by the Foreign Game Introduction Program seldom used 
because of the time required to develop a strain that would reproduce well in captivity. 

