0oies to Messrs. Olin                                         Jan. 30, 1931
Grang
Riley
7T1PRT OT !!!!'0A    LOSI
I -Drnt JaiLtry 2  to 27 inLractn'thf h  mnfeot.  allowsi.
History of ycles. Six ionths     a the sibject matter of the -Lesota
fellowship was, by xitual consent, narrowed  owm, with primlaY present
enphasis on a stiudy of the hitory of rne cyelesj in Tinnesote nd the
imnediately adjacent state.
Since July 1 Timw, has collected and arr-med in a m'ecial index
file 3,500 observations from the literature bearing on the status of
grouse and rabbits in this region. Ie has covered the period 1870-1586.
Most of these references -mere obtained from periodicos. Rail-
road shiments and booksa of rame dealers have been tried, but so far
without ay particular success.
The material oathered Is in my opinion of ecoollent anality and
represents a very watisfactory7 accomplisbment for the time spent on it.
Aie prospective utility of the historical stuey has been que-
tioned. It may therefore be well to reneat that only a limited period
is to be devoted to it, and that it as, and is, considered by me to be
a necessary foundation for the noet- of the five othor men now studying
grouse in t 4A country. Tust what clues it will yield cannot of course
be ancertained until the norl- of comnilation and analysis is completed.
I itand by my oririnal opinion that the 'Aooricd  s   ' ,3
Course in Gkzmei &!anp*mt. The Univraity, -ith the consent of the
Institute, asked King to give a course entitled "Field Methods in