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Sot® on (2) 
Tbs •sisitia® iaYostlgators am to b® selootod for spooial jobs^ 
First r®o«^m4ati<m is Alan A. miydm, llatgors, -wiio oaa, b® ob- 
taimd on l®am (i# all ©Is® furaisliod, no salary nooded) for 3 -^-Eioatdi 5 of" 
serological studies on mdsaio forto-lwatos* This would appoM* to be th® 
aost is|)ortant investigation tImJK would return wor^imiiil® e.tid not©-, m 
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well as mmmiirmf results in ainiiam tira® rogardli:^ relative ag® of olosoly 
related speoias of both birds md ra^ilos on the various islands, and on 
Goo os wher® a species at Galapagos finch oeoiirs, Jy^ another time a first 
rank orsithoit^ist or botanist sight be sent to. iih& laboratory under a 
similar arrangoaeat for special investigations* 
Sot® on (d), (4), iwHl (6) M ( 4 } 
Ihiohever of these lines of reseamh is represented in the person 
of the resident director could in the beginning at least be omitted from the 
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resident staff. However, resident director would .have almost enough to do 
running the laboratory | at best, ho could spare only limited tiia® for re- 
search work during tim. first year. 
