Neiv York State Education Department 



Science Division, November 2, 1908 



Hon. Andrevj S. Draper LL. D. 



Commissioner of Educatio)i 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a series of papers re- 

 lating to the ostelogy of birds by R. ^^'. Shuieldt ]\I. D. of 

 New York. 



Dr Shufeldt's eminent standing- as a comparative anatomist, his 

 generosity in donating to the State Museum his very valuable col- 

 lection' of bird skeletons and the appositeness of these papers to 

 other studies of the New York birds now- in course of publication 

 by us justify the printing of these contributions as a bulletin of the 

 State Museum and I so recommend. 



Very respectfully yours 



John ]\I. Clarke 



Director 

 State of Nc-tv York 

 Education Department- 

 commissioner's room 



Approved for publication tliis ^th day of Xovetnber 1908 



Commissioner of Education 



