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WM. H. LOUTIT                                                           
   C. A PAQUIN 
GRAND HAVEN, CHAIRMAN                                                   
   EDUCATION 
PHILIP SCHUMACHER                   STATE OF MICHIGAN                   
    H. R. SAYRE 
PHILI SCHUACHERFIELD ADMINISTRATION 
ANN ARBOR                                                               
  F. A. WESTERMAN 
HARRY H. WHITELEY                                                       
     FISH AND FISHERIES 
DOWAGIAC                                                                
 MARCUS SCHAAF 
FORESTRY 
JOSEPH P. RAHILLY                                                       
   H. D. RUHL 
NEWBERRY                                                                
   GAME 
WM. J. PEARSON                                                          
   R. A. SMITH 
BOYNE FALLS                                                             
   GEOLOGY 
F. P. STRUHSAKER 
THOMAS J. MASTERSON                                                     
      LANDS 
IRON MOUNTAIN                                                           
 P. S. LOVEJOY 
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERN                              LAND USE PLANNING 
HAROLD TITUS                                                            
   W. J. KINGSCOTr 
TRAVERSE CITY                            LANSING                        
   PARKS 
P. J. HOFFMASTER. DIRECTOR 
WAYLAND OSOOD                                                           
   S. G. FONTANNA 
SEI ETARY                                                               
   DEPUTY DIRECTOR 
August 26, 1939 
Mr. F. N. Hamerstrom Jr. 
Game Management Division 
424 University Farm Place 
Madison, Wisconsin 
Dear Hamerstrom: 
I hope that my delay in acknowledging your l etter of August 4 
has not inconvenienced you. 
The discrepancy in the number of sharptails banded is due to 
the fact that I did not figure in the four birds that died before they 
were liberated. In other words, we have banded 92 but 4 of those died 
before they were released. No additional bandings have been made since 
that report. 
This summer we continued the nest hunting census work by the 
use of C.C.C. crews through the middle of July. However, we found that 
the boys were contacting only two or three broods on the average and did
not feel that we were getting enough information to justify the expendi-
ture of time. We are continuing the horse-back census work throughout 
the summer and plan to carry it on at least until the deer season which 
started the middle of November.- I have the impression that our popula- 
tions in Michigan are probably still too low to justify intensive re- 
search on nests and broods. Perhaps when the cycle is at the peak, such 
studies will prove more fruitful. 
We are glad to learn that you are writing a paper on the re- 
cent prairie chickenm and sharptail work in central Wisconsin. We would 
be anxious to see a carbon copy if any are available. 
Sincerely yours, 
H. D. Ruhl, In Charge 
Game Division 
F1B:WE                                    By F. M. Baumgartner