NOTES ON THE SNOWSHOE RABBIT QUESTIONNAIRE. 
                   (For headquarters use only). 
 
1. It would only be necessary to send the questionnaire out to those 
   states where the species is moderately numerous.    I take it this 
   can be easily ascertained by the Bureau of Biological Survey. 
 
2. The questionnaire covers the twelve months ending last May. The 
   reason for this system is that it coincides (a) with the breeding 
   season and 4 following non-breeding season (b) with the "Outfit"

   of the Hudson's Bay Company. 
 
3. The two important features of this questionnaire, without which the 
   information cannot be combined with the Alaskan and Canadian replied,

   are (a) the exact definition of the area covered by each observer 
   (b) the year-to-year comparisons of abundance, in place of compar- 
   isons with "the usual".