LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
Washington, D. C., May 15, 1895. 
Siz: 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 National Museum. 
Respectfully, ds geen = 
; RT MERRIAM, 
Chief of Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy. 
Hon. J. STERLING Morton, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
