UNITED STATES DEPARTIM! ENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OP BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
AND REFER TO 
E^B 
Names 
Dear Sir: 
For the benefit of sportsmen in general t of 
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other interested persons, and of ganne wardens and game-law 
administrators, and for use in courts, the Biological Sur- 
vey plans to issue a compilation of tlie vernacular names 
of migratory game birds. The publication will include 
both general and local names, and since the latter are so 
numerous and. diverse, and in seme cases are restricted in 
use to very limited areas, the Survey is seeking coopera- 
tion in all parts of the United States in making the list 
as complete as possible. 
We shall appreciate it very much if you will 
record on the inclosed circular any local names of birds 
with which you may be acquainted, with notes on the local- 
ity v/here used, if not that entered at the head of the list* 
If unable to fill out the circular yourself, please hand 
it, if possible, to someone who can. The circular may be 
returned post-free in the inclosed envelope. 
Very truly yours, 
Bi-354a. 
Chief of Bureau* 
