6 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
tains a list of the collection of Birds of Alabama made 
by Dr. William C. Avery and now in the State museum, 
together with all his ornithological notes. : 
This is preliminary to a complete account of the birds 
of the State, which we hope in due time to present. 
A similar report on the mammals of the State and on the 
insects, especially those injurious to vegetation, should 
follow in due course, but the overwhelming number of 
insect forms existing at the present day, makes a com- 
plete presentation of the insect life even of a state, a life 
work. We may hope, however, soon to make at least an 
initial report on the most important insect forms in their 
relation to agriculture. 
EUGENE A. SMITH. 
