LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C, August 18, 1902. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit for publication, as North American 

 Fauna No. 22, a paper on the natural history of the Hudson Bay region, 

 by my assistant, Edward A. Preble. 



C. Hart Merriam, 



Chief, Biological Storvey. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



