LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Prov. Joon A. Myers, 
Director West Virginia Agr. Hxp’t Station, 
Morgantown, W. Va.: 
Str :—I herewith transmit my report on the Birds of West 
Virginia, including notes on their food-habits, on which, as 
you are aware, I have been engaged since August 1. I ar- 
rived at’ Buckhannon, Upshur County, on the above date 
and began field work the following day. The work was car- 
ried on in that vicinity for several days, during which time 
I made short excursions down the Buckhannon River for ten 
or twelve miles. August 19 I went to Braxton Court House ; 
thence to Gauley Mountains; thence to Rich Mountains and 
the headwaters of Middle Fork and Buckhannon Rivers, and 
down the last named river, and arrived at Buckhannon Sep- 
tember 7. Leaving for Weston the following day, I visited 
Fairmont, remaining there until Sept. 24. From thence 
my route was to Wheeling and down the Ohio River to Par- 
kersburg, at which place I remained until the evening of 
October 10, when I proceeded to Lewisburg, Greenbrier 
County, making short stops at Point Pleasant and Charles- 
ton. From Lewisburg I worked my way up the Alleghanies 
to Patterson Creek, and on to Green Springs and Romney, 
Hampshire County, at which point my field work ended. 
During the last five weeks in the field the inclemency of 
the weather was such that it was impossible for me to do 
any collecting whatever; and as the season was far advanced 
