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from hunting but the long range objective, of course, is to effect self-sustaining popu lations so that an annual open season can be allowed. What is to be the common pheasant of Virginia is apparently, a mixed strain of sev eral distinct subspecies originally from Iran, Korea and China. This is the type being stocked on farmland throughout Virginia in Tidewater, Piedmont and Valley areas. The only exception is the Pastern Shore which is being stocked with Japanese green pheasants, a distinctly different species. The Kalij pheasant also differs considerably from the farm-land pheasants. It is large, weighing about two pounds, but is best suited to gr.ouse-like habitat. Its native home is the Himalayan foothills of India and these birds inhabit wooded rough terrain where there is minimum agricultural activity.The species has been rearing broods and surviving winters in a release area on the Jefferson National Forest since April of 19o3. More recent trials have been initiated in
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