﻿LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Wa.s]unrjton, J). 6'., Jnnj .9, 1896. 

 Sir: I have the lioiior to triiiKSiuit herewith for publication, as ^o. 

 11 of North Aniericau Fauna, a Synopsis of the Weasels of Xorth 

 America. 



Eespectfully, G. Hart Merriam, 



Chief of IHvisiou of OrnitJioUxjij and Mammalogij. 

 Dr. Chas. W. Dabney, Jr., 



Actiiiff ISecretary of Agriculture. 



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