' INTRODUCTION. 
N THE Museum of the Geological Survey of Alabama, 
at University, is a small but well preserved collection 
of birds brought together by the late Dr. William Cush- 
man Avery of Greensboro, Ala. Most of the specimens 
were collected and preserved by Dr. Avery’s own hands, 
although there are many secured by exchange with well 
known ornithologists; and a few that were purchased. 
The collection as a whole is fairly representative, except 
for the water birds, but is of especial interest because 
the greater part of the specimens were collected in the 
vicinity of Greensboro, and at other points in Alabama— 
a State none too well known ornithologically. 
Since the death of Dr. Avery in 1894, many sub-species 
have been described and sweeping changes have been 
made in nomenclature, rendering a revision of the col- 
lection desirable. The privilege of this work was given 
the writer by Dr. Eugene A. Smith, State Geologist, and 
in January, 1914, a complete check of the collection was 
made with the assistance of Mr. Lewis S. Golson, of 
Prattville, Ala. All records were placed at our disposal, 
and though these consisted only of five combination cata- 
logues and journals and a few loose pages, many interest- 
ing facts regarding the bird-life of the region and the 
early ornithological struggles of Doctor Avery were 
gleaned from them. 
It was at first proposed by Dr. Smith to publish a cata- 
logue of the revised collection, but because Dr. Avery’s 
published notes are scattered through journals long since 
out of print, or otherwise unavailable, and because the 
unpublished material contained in his note-books seems 
of considerable value, it was decided to bring all together 
in a bulletin in the form of an annotated catalogue. 
The following list of 216 species and subspecies is the 
result. Alabama specimens only are included in this, 
though the collection contains many western and north- 
ern birds, and others taken beyond the boundaries of 
