Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — Forests to Be Filled with Birds. [ARTICLE]

Forests to Be Filled with Birds.

Vermont is being systematically stocked with various specimens of game birds from other States and lands, under the direction of a department of the State game commission. A few days ago a number of Mongolian pheasants, which have been ihtrpduced in several Pacific States with much -success, were received at the headquarters of the commission. The birds are to be kept in confinement and the eggs distributed in various parts of the State. The eggs will be set under domestic hens, and the young pheasants will, at the proper time, be set free in the forests. A consignment of Virginia quails and sharp tail grouse is now on its way to Vermont to be used for the same purpose.