DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY 
 
 
EDMONTON, ALBERTA 
    CANADA 
 
 
                                                     in. III. 41 
 
Dear Dr. Leopold, 
 
                 Thanks for your two recent items for my Delta 
 
files. This is not an official letter, as none seems to be re- 
 
q ired, but may I say that the suggestion of having Oscar Piddle 
 
at Delt& strikes me as axrtbcularly bright Idea. His extensive 
 
knowledge is -ust of the right kind for problems likely to be fsasit* 
 
at Delta, while I, personally, would enjoy nothing more than a 
 
chane to discuss various items with him. I haven't seen him for 
 
scme years and if he can be tempted along, what about making his 
 
visit (if possible) coincide with the next official gathering there? 
 
         I think it is probably unlikely that I shall make the 
 
coast t:is summer and if I do, it will only be for a short time. 
 
But in any ocqse, since 1 may be working with Collip for part of the 
 
summer, in Montreal, I would still like to know roughly what time 
 
the Delta meeting is likely to take place as soon as you have any 
 
concrete ideas. 
 
         I have ojust had an all-black snowshoe rabbit sent in to 
 
me fro~qý the country. Thib is the first I have ever seen, al- 
 
though I know of at least two authentic oases besides from this 
 
?rovince. 
                          YcTars sincerely,