Nevada -~ In Nevada common sandgrouse were released in Pahranagat 
Valley, Pahrump Valley and Moapa Valley. All these release sites are 
in the southern part of the State. Pahranagat Valley is primarily 
pasture land with limited production of alfalfa. In Pahrump Valley 
cotton is the primary crop. In Moapa Valley intensive, diversified 
farming is practiced. In both Pahrump Valley and Moapa Valley, the 
adjacent uncultivated lands have a principal vegetation of quail 
brush (Atriplex lentiformis), honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), 
screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens), amd catclaw (Acacia eregeii). 
Thickets of tamarisk (Tamarix gallica) occur in areas where the water 
table is high. There are vast expanses of desert wasteland throughout 
southern Nevada which have a dominant vegetation of bursage (Franseria 
dumosa), creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), and catclaw (Acacia greggii). 
The sandgrouse released in Pahranagat Valley in 1960 left immedi- 
ately, and no further releases were made there, Releases were made in 
Pahrump and Moapa Valleys during the spring of 1960 and again in the 
spring of 1961. There was an initial exodus of birds from each release 
site immediately after the liberations. Some birds remained throughout 
the summer and early fall; with the advent of cold winter weather, these 
birds also left the release areas, No birds were found overwintering at 
any of the release sites. 
Christensen (12) reports that on February 10, 1962, two sandgrouse, 
one from the 1960 and the other from the 1961 releases in Pahrump Valley, 
were shot at Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico. This leads one to suspect that the 
birds may have migrated to the desert regions southward. 
Hawaii -- Between 1961 and 1962 trial liberations of the common 
Indian sandgrouse were made on the islands of Hawaii, Molokai, and Kauai. 
A total of 541 sandgrouse were released on Hawaii, and 255 birds were 
liberated on Molokai and Kauai. 
One of the most favorable areas for release appeared to be near 
Pohakuloa, Mount Hualalai, and Ahumoa on the island of Hawaii. This 
general area ranges between 2,000 and 7,000 feet in elevation, and the 
rainfall averages 10 to 20 inches annually. In the Pohakuloa area and 
southward the lower-strata vegetation consists of grasses, legumes, 
and other herbs. Grazing constitutes the major land use between 4,000 
and 8,000 feet and this practice results in cleared portions for grass 
growth and a scarcity of shrubs. As in western India, precipitation 
in this general area is slight and comes often as torrential rains, 
producing desert conditions suitable for only a limited number of plant 
species, According to Robyns and Lamb (33) the vegetation includes 
Myoporum sandwicense and Sophora chrysophylla. An arborescent, 
Raillardia sp., is comuon along the slope of Mauna Kea. Chenopodium 
sandwicheum, growing to 15 or 20 feet in height, is found along the 
road to Humuula below the Myoporum-Sophora association. Also reported 
in varying abundance in the understory are bunch grass, Erigeron albidus, 
Verbene bonariensis, and Achillea millefolium., Other common shrubs re- 
ported by Rock (34) include the genera Coprosma, Dodonaea, Exocarpus, 
Stenogyne, Osteomeles, and Wikstroemia. Grasses found near Pohakuloa 
and Humuula include Erogrostis atropioides, E. grandis and E. lystophylla. 
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