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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 
Erkel's Hawaii 1960 353 farm (Cal) gentle spring to Seven islands Holding their own on most 
francolin fall islands. Breeding February 
(Francolinus 1961 51 “ ~ through July. See FGIP report 
erckelii Noyember Molokai #12 for details. 
erckelii) 1962 150 ” 7 Oct~Mar. Three islands Twenty-five adults and one 
brood of 9 seen on Lanai. 
1963 0 Small numbers of birds on most 
islands but nowheres established 
Himalayan Nevada 1963 19 wild- direct April Ruby Mountains Several sight records ‘reported 
snowcock trapped (near Elko) by sheepherders in the vicinity 
(Tetraogallus of the release site at Robinson 
himalayensis) , Lake, 9,000 feet elevation. 

