Washington, D. C, 
                                            March 'O, 1936. 
 
 
Dr. Alro Leopold, Professor of Ornithology, 
University of Aisconsin, 
Madisonr, Wisconsa n. 
 
 
Dear Dr. Leopold: 
 
                 There is an openný in the 1esettler-nt - d- inistra-

tion for -, fis and Zarie specialist in Aic it is hoteI tht I night 
be appoint-ed. Dr. ',Sm. H. Bell, In ci'r e, Division of Xildlife Research,

Dr. J. .i.. Shiliinger In char, DiviIion of Ds Fa  In veIsti ation, 
Nr. Thu. L. Ic Atee, Prinrpc i Bioloriist, ,I I  ý f io o i ac Survey

,nd Mr. Glen C. LeaSOh, Chief. Divisýtn of Fish Culture, iireju of
Fish- 
er! ,s have already ,Iy bhl_ reonmseded for the position and I have been

advised by one of the adniinistrators of this division, that ir.y personal

intervlevur rith them The other day, i'ressed them ill quite favorably 
and it now seems that !1he appointmrent rests more or 1.ess with the per-

sonnal diviston. 
 
                 I have taken the liberty to r:ive your na~e among others

with whoi we a-e mutually acouainted for further reference. It is possible

that they might rite you as wtell as J. N. Darlinp', Gardiner B-mpp Dr. 
Allen, and herbert StoddaId. I feel vuite satirsfied that if you and they

recomirend me even half as well as the B3iological Survey and the Bureau

of Fisheries that I shall get the appcintreont. 'Thile ry vast emperience

and prfctica! knoviledge is considered by them rs a great asset, I am 
afraid that t-ey night believe that I am a bit lacking on the theoreti- 
cal angle. simply because the call of the great open spaces and mother 
nature'S children was so strong th'at I just coild not stayr in school 
long enough to get a de ree, not that I am actually lacking, I have 
haOl a fairly q-ood coure in biolog*y and b-otsiy and htave car  out 
nu erous bi     ca. ical  i iý ets, the res-its of several bi-im oi
si,- 
nificent econ( sic it fortrrnc-, t be result,, thecse while already prepared

have not as yet been published. 
 
                  While I hav      1..... d o ...,Na in touch aith vou ro-

sardin,    work, iou no doubt,or i'eoer ,,ork at Cuberland, Vid. with 
ruffed grrouse, br-c 'hite and wild turkeys betwieen 1916 and l920 and 
my later ',ork at Cornucopia Nature Laborator T, Huntsdale, Pa. between 
1928 and 19302, primarily with rluffed grouse. I also bred and reared 
prairie chicken and sharptall grouse 1930-31. 1 sold this Pa. property 
to the Department of Fisheries the Fall of 1932. It is the most promising

hatchery-nurse ry they have, according to the Commissioner. 
 
                  While I am just as interested in grouse as ever, in 
view of the fact that the State of New York and other agencies were 
finally doim- something in this field, I decided to shift my endeaver- 
ments to wild turke-Ts which were sadly in need of some special sattention

and since I had funds to work with from the sale of ny property, started

out where I left off in 1922. After our extensive survey of the ' ore 
isolated areas between Pa. and F'ia. and west to t~are 1Iississippi and 
a ways up the Arkn aW and Lissou i"-iyers 1ve finally dlecided tsat
the 
Santee River 6w)-p nrobabl,,r had the best tyPue tupkeys (silvestris) left

in existance. Wle finally trced th, sourse of the occasional ideal 
specimen   to a vast virtin area knor;jn as Hunes S-ammp and here we found

specimens far better than 7flfe had homed for. Slim rangey birds that were