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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 



Table 2, Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results - 1960-1963 (continued) 
Number of Total Average Number Number Number 
breeding How eggs per of eggs Percent of chicks of birds 
Species State Year hens Penned laid hen fertile fertile hatched raised 
Reeves Tennessee 1960 8 1:2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
pheasant (wild-~ 1961 8 1:8 75 9.4 - = 28 19 
(cont'd.) trapped) 1962 15 133 86 Sar ~ - 34 19 
1963 25 1:4 381 15.2 236 61.9 175 84 
Virginia 1960 15 l¢e7 - - - = - 264 
(game-farm) discontinued 
a pg i a eg 
Reeves Ohio 1960 6 132 159 26.5 9 6.0 (1) 8 5 
pheasant 1961 6 1:2 107 17.8 0 0.0 0 0 
Ohio ringneck 1962 discontinued 
cross 
Ohio ringneck, Ohio 1960 8 1:2 73 9,1 31 47.0 (1) 28 8 
Reeves cross 1961 6 1:2 153. 25.8 1 0 0 0 
1962 discontinued 
Reeves, Ohio Ohio 1960 167 1:2-1:5 4117 24.6 1455 38.7 (1) 1088 515 
ringneck 1961 301 1:2-1:5 9757 32.4 3430 35.0 (1) 1967 1160 
hybrid 1962 discontinued | 
Elliot's Ohio 1960 169 (2) 1:2-1:5 1941 11.4 827 49.2 649 255 
pheasant 1961 4 Le2 57 14.3 26 57.8 22 8 
(Syrmaticus 1962 2 a2 Si. 061545 14 51.8 | 9 5 
elltio 1963 discontinued 
Himalayan Nevada 1963 5 1:1 3(3) 0.6 3 100 1 0 
snow cock 
(Tetraogallus himalayensis) 
(1) Percentages based on eggs set in incubator, not on eggs laid. 
(2) Breeders obtained from private game farms in the United States. 
(39 All eggs laid by one hen. Fowl pox outbreak disturbed breeders. 

