Repoort on a )urv  ,Of the 3tate of ITsouri RegtrdLng the 
 
 
 
                    "iin of the Survey 
      A phea"ant survey of Yiasouri was requested by the 
 state  am  and Fish Dertpment for the purpose of selecting 
 the most prmniting areas for further pheasant introduction 
 and to r        areas in  hich no further introduction should 
 be att&Vted, as well as to make reco mndations on the ia- 
 provement of ethodz. 
 
                    Procedure and Itinera.! 
      The very rapid survey posaible in 12 days (March 20-31) 
 was made by autmobile; covered 64 of the 114 coties of the 
 state; included approximately 2600 miles of travel within the 
 boundariea of the state and extended to all main physiof'aphic 
 and agricultural sections with the exception of the south- 
 eastern laissis8ippi lowlands area. A detailed itinerry record 
 of the highway. traversed is appended to this report for the 
 use of others in checking results following the r4ed 
 experims. 
 
     The survey cosisted merely in a rapid si2ze-up of the 
agricultural practices, terrain, cover and food conditions, 
soils and the general eharacteio of the areas vias ited. These 
were Interpreted in the light of the writer's observations 
on Rift Neek Phteasand.e pheasaint country in other states. 
It was l   8saible to do mch more than select the min axwes 
which appear favorablegfor lissouri, and to eliminate areas 
which were cle"ly unfavorable. 
 
 
 
 
     Only one, cocsipiuowus success of Ring Noeck Pheasmts in 
the wild in %Vssouri is credited by the fk Department, nam1ly, 
that of St, Charle Cotnty, near ý3. louts. Leopold in his 
1930 Ge   -Ave-of 17ssouri notes8 6 sLll apparent establishemta; 
states there    that many more un-noted establishments in the 
state and calls attention to the ultimate disappearance of all