LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Minnesota Experiment Station, 



St. Anthony Park, 



January 12, 1916. 



His Excellency, 



J. A. A. BURNQUIST. 

 Dear Sir : I have the honor to transmit herewith the manu- 

 script entitled "Further Observations on Minnesota Birds : Their 

 (^k{^ t I H Economic Relations to the Agriculturist,'' and respectfully recom- 

 JT" J~o X mend its publication as Circular No. 35, of the State Entomologist's 

 •^ ^^-^ ^^ Department, which, by law, is under your supervision. 

 /\) I Respectfully yours, 



^-^ ' F L. WASHBURN, 



^(Sy^ Approved: State Entomologist. 



V J. A. A. BURNQUIST, 



Governor of Minnesota. 





FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON MINNESOTA BIRDS; 

 l<^[(o THEIR ECONOMIC RELATIONS TO 



THE AGRICULTURIST. 



F. L. WASHBURN. 



The increasing interest in our birds prompts the Entomologist 

 to add to the information published with colored plates in Circular 

 32, from this office, by issuing the present leaflet. It is manifestly 

 out of the question to discuss all of our bird residents or visitors, 

 or even to list and figure them in a circular. It has been our aim, 

 therefore, rather, to describe, briefly, different types representing 

 certain groups common in Minnesota. There has been a great 

 demand for Circular 32 on the part of schools and it is hoped that 

 these brief accounts of Minnesota bird life may also be of service. 



We are particularly fortunate, through the kindness of the 

 artist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, of Mabel Osgood Wright, the living 

 author, and the Macmillan Company, publishers of "Citizen Bird," 

 to be able to present here a few of the excellent and accurate 

 illustrations with which that publication is adorned. It is with 

 the greatest pleasure that we acknowledge our appreciation of 

 the courtesy extended by the above. 



