NOTE. 



DEPABTMENT OF I-IIK INTERIOR, 



r\rn:n SIATIS ( ; i, U.M<;ICAL SURVEY. 



Washington, D. C., .I/./// 16, 1890. 



On tin- -27th of September, ISM', at the request of Dr. F. V. Ilayden, 

 tin- runi|iletioii tit' tin- publications of the United States Geological and 

 i ifti-r;ijiliii-al Snrvrv. ui' the Territories, formerly under his charge, was 

 rommitted in tin- rhaige of the I>iri -ciur ui' the ( Jeologieal Survey by the 

 following unler iVmu the honorable the Secn-tarv of the Interior: 



I Ml \KIMINT til' llll l\ ITIMOR, 



1 1 '/>// /';////-//, .^-j.tnuln r '21, 1882. 

 Maj. .1. W. I'nu'Ki.i., 



/Hi , '<*, I S. G( "'"'/i' "-I Sui 



SIK: The letter ui' I'mt'. K. \ lla\tlen, tlatetl ,ltuie '21, Iteai'ing your 

 indoi-semeni ui' .Inly '_'(>, relating ID the in published rejMirfs tit' the survey 

 torinerlv uniler his charge, is herewith returned. 



^ mi \\ ill plea.-e take i-l large '!' the publications ret erred to in the same, 

 in aeeiirdanre \\ith the siii^i'stums inatle li\ 1'mlessor Ilayden. 



It is tin' desire "f lhi> "Ilice that these vtihinii'S shall l>e completed and 

 published as early as (iraetiealile. 

 X'ery ivs|>cett'nlly. 



H. M. TELLKR, 



Secretary. 



Of the publications thus jilaced in charge of the Director of the United 

 States ( Jeuliigical Survey the accompanying volume is the third to be 

 issued, the preceding bring -The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations 

 of tin- \Ve~t." bv Kdward D. C'opc, and ''Contributions to the Fossil Flora 

 of the Western Territories," by Leo Le.squere.nx. 



J. W. POWELL, 



Director. 



