LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Department of the Interior, 
United States Geological Survey, 
Washington, I). C, May 31, 1904. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a 
report entitled " Contributions to Devonian Paleontology, 1903," by 
Henry Shaler Williams and Edward M. Kindle, and to recommend its 
publication as a bulletin. The report consists of two parts: I. Fossil 
faunas of the Devonian and Mississippian (" Lower Carboniferous") 
of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. II. Fossil faunas of the 
Devonian sections of central and northern Pennsylvania. 
Very respectfully, 
C. W. Hayes, 
Geologist in Charge of Geology. 
Hon. Charles D. Walcott, 
Director United States Geological Survey. 
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