RACES 
TasLe 1.—-Data for 54 hen pheasants from which body part were excised and analyzed for 23 chemical elements. 
Sibley, Il. Humboldt, Il. Neoga, Ill. 
Oct. 1966 Jan. 1967 Jan. 1967 Oct. 1966 Jan. 1967. 
a 6 8 8 6 9 6 2 
[ean age Ss rr 4.0+0.8* ca.7 >19t ca.7 >19t 4.4+0.5* ca.7 >19t 
lean wing length (mm). . 220+2 PA aed: UAVsEs! Upon), PPR aeo: ite 222 +2 230+5 
lean body weight (grams) . 841+17 875419 9484+31 856+21 960+16 838+31 873+18 1,052+41 
Location (county, latitude and longitude). . Ford and Livingston Coles Cumberland 
40°35/N., 88°23/W. Suee 88°19/W. 39°19/N., 88°27’W. 
Npgrigance of pheasants]... 02.5.0... 0c eee e cee > 100 1.1-10.0 0.1-1.0 
* Aged according to advancement of molt of the primary flight feathers (Labisky 1968a:465). Mean lengths of the 10th 
Srimary of October-collected juveniles from Sibley and Neoga were 84+17 and 118+8 mm, respectively. 
jy Pheasants more than 1 year old could be aged only as adults by the techniques employed. The youngest adults were 
approximately 19 months old. 
{~ Pheasants observed per 100 miles of driving during April 1963 (Labisky & Anderson 1965 :132). 
TABLE 2.— Weights of ash, in grams (numerators) and as percentages of wet (or dry) weights (denominators), of pooled 
»ody parts of hen pheasants collected from three areas in Illinois. Percentages of dry weights are in parentheses. 
Sibley Humboldt Neoga Sibley Humboldt Neoga 
4Mo.,. 7 Mo. Adult 7 Mo. Adult 4 Mo. 7 Mo. Adult All Ages 
Number of hens 9 6 8 8 6 9 6 2 23 14 17 
slogd 1.8433 1.3325 1.8107 1.4813 0.9899 1.0942* 1.3996 0.5591 grenals 0.0210 0.0116 0.0097 
1.14 BW 1.19 1.18 iL, 7 Ucligl 1.20 1.26 114 1.15 0.88 
Zones, leg 37.86 17.75 33.98 33.09 19.43 34.63 18.71 7.51 eae 1.1633 0.7442 0.7180 
(82.12) (57.98) (75.78) (77.62) (59.41) (72.86) (57.97) (66.33) ass) Tas} aS 
Jones, akull 12.10 9.99 13.76 13.06 9.58 11.20 8.96 3-208 Bai Rarene 0.1040 0.0787 
(57.62) (62.99) (59.90) (60.23) (59.20) (58.74) (61.09) (60.94) ere 1.96 
Soke sternum 15.03 10.27 16.02 14.61 11.02 16.60 10.79 4.61 Ciara 0.4345 0.2820 0.2744 
(62.43) (62.72) (67.57) (67.36) (65.96) (66.97) (67.03) — (71.33) linings 0.91 105 0.78 
‘al 0.1826 0.1231 0.1212 0.0782 0.1184 0.0586 Heats 1.1640 0.6546 0.7968 
0.47 0.29 0.27 0.59 0.26 0.21 140 1.22 1.29 
‘en hora 1.0883 0.8218 1.1774 1.0098 0.8245 1.0581 0.7518 0.3290 neve 1.4670 0.6351 0.8922 
(1.45) (1.48) (1.28) (1.04) (1.29) (1.28) (1.34) (1.28) 1.76 1380 1.44 
‘ead _ 18.82 14.65 13.94 17.88 10.71 19.70 9.84 3.89 Tavee 1.0251 0.4627 0.7232 
(42.01) (49.13) (81.54) (44.24) (33.62) (43.61) (32.56) — (33.58) 136 0.97 1.28 
iaeeindiveuscles 1.4249 0.8837 0.9977 0.9851 0.6826. 1.2856 0.7996 (0.2975 enroductive 0.1088 0.0636 0.0556 
1.14 1.18 Lil 1.12 1.06 1.08 1.12 1.02 organs ek) Ue 
ntaanes 0.5846 0.2861 0.4429 0.2930 0.2177 0.3383 0.2179 0.0959 pancreases _0:9261 0.2669 0.3247 
0.66 0.65 0.72 0.54 0.61 0.50 0.58 0.64 1.94 Leo eae 
ivers 1.9026 1.0578 1.3979 1.2740 1.0987 1.5059 = 1.0150 ~—- 0.4855 Spleens 0.0811 0.0391 0.0618 
1.62 1.25 1.382 Ve 1.40 1.26 1.42 1.52 165 145 1.56 
Luscles, leg 9.48* 7.03 9.48 8.34* 7.32 11.04 7.35 2.85 Theiss 0.1588 0.1472 
1.52 1.53 1.52 1.57 1.52 1.53 1.53 1.59 1.99 1.86 
fuscles, sternal — 13.39 Boose 11,18" 14.15 Solas 12.83 10.88 3.73 cieroide 0.0040 0.0013 0.0019 
1.44 1.47 1.32 1.49 1.38 1.34 1.46 1.26 0.54 0.29 £041 
*Sample consisted of body parts from one hen less than indicated above, 
