LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Biological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C, November 27, 1911. 

 Sir: I respectfully transmit herewith for publication as Bulletin 

 No. 41 of the Biological Survey a Chronology and Index of the more 

 important events in American Game Protection from 1776 to 1911, 

 by Dr. T. S. Palmer, Assistant Chief of the Biological Survey. 

 Requests are constantly received for information regarding various 

 matters connected with the protection of game, and particularly as 

 to the States which have adopted certain measures. From the 

 information on file the following index has been prepared to answer 

 such inquiries and also to make the facts more generally available. 

 Respectfully, 



Henry W. Henshaw, 

 Chief, Biological Survey. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



