LETTER OF TRANSMIHAL. 



United States Depaktment of Agbicultuee, 



Washington, B. C, May 15, 1895. 

 SiE: I have the honor to transmit, as Bulletin No. 7 of this division, 

 a preliminary report on the Food of Woodpeckers, by Prof. F. E. L. 

 Beal, Assistant Ornithologist. The report is accompanied by a short 

 article on the 'Tongues of Woodpeckers,' prepared at my request by 

 Mr. F. A. Lucas, Curator of the Department of Comparative Anatomy, 

 United States JSTational Museum. 

 Kespectfully, 



C. Haet Merriam, 

 Chief of Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy. 



Hon. J. Sterling Morton, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



