

tributed in’ 1928 as’reported by the ConServatioén Department.It also 
shows in red approximate dates of ‘the first plantings of pheasants 
as determined from the recollections of 
made to get,exact dates because it ise 

has been stocked with sufficient. persisi 
time to show. what regions-are adapted to produce pheasants in a 
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wild state.Some plantings must“have been made ecarlier than the dates 

shown in red,especialily around the’ Evans Game Farm in Kane County 
An open season of 5 days,with a bag limit of & cocks was est-= 
ablished by 1915 and has continued in effect since that time. 
Results of Plants, Map G shows in as much detail as could be obtaine 
in a short survey the present distribution of pheasants and Hungaria 
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and their relation to glacial soils.It also shows, plants which failed 
a | mt Be as 
ly to afford conelusive results It is evi- 
made too recent. 
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dent,of course,that this record includes only,a& very small proportion 
of the total plants made.No plants were recorded except where there 
was sufficient evidence of either establishment or failure, or where 
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ants have been made in a locali- 
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should be watched with special interest.The question of wnat this 
at my nod +- mat my aka a5 + a Th an aon a? Ely ot a | 4 ct ran 4 SRnIce aga d 1-9 2 aol} Ne) [only 2 pe 
SnNOoWwS aS to wa CONSTLTULES phe asent: Prange 18 GQ1iscussea in 4. SU0S 
Se bs a bs = p> a BE hats a tis oe awe <a he, ae Pep eee ee E ie at a ew 
quent caption. ,Jt will suwffice.here to say that the species is. daeI- 
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initely established and thriving.in that p~art of the Lake. region hat- 
chured in réd. “There is some»ewidence of further: spread being in pr 
secially gouthward.iIn the rest of the state there is wfowhere 
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a sufficient number. of conclusive..establishments.to clearly warrant 
Glassification as established range.The nearest approach to this are 
the bottoms of the Illinois River from La Salle County to 

