LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Depaetimext of Agricultttre. 



Washington. D. C, July 5, 1902. 

 Sie: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as Bul- 

 letin IT of the Biological Survey, a report on the Birds of a Marvland 

 Farm, the same being a local study in economic ornithology b}' one 

 of my assistants. Dr. Sylvester D. Judd. Acknowledgment is made 

 to the Entomologist for assistance in the determination of some of the 

 insects, as well as for the use of certain illustrations. 



Respectfully. C. Haet Meeeiam, 



Hon. James Wilsox, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 



Chiefs Biological Survey. 



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