foreword 



LOVERS of the great out-of-doors, as well as those scientifically inclined, 

 are to be felicitated upon the publication of The Birds of Oregon by Gabriel- 

 son and Jewett. For forty years these men patiently and painstakingly 

 assembled the material for this imposing and delightful book. They 

 brought to the task a wealth of experience and of scientific knowledge. 

 They covered the state from the Columbia to Goose Lake and from the 

 Pacific Ocean to the Snake River. By personal contact they know Oregon 

 from sea level to the summit of Mt. Hood. They transferred from nature's 

 book to the printed page some of nature's most interesting and beautiful 

 expressions. Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, Chief of the United States Biological 

 Survey, and Mr. Stanley G. Jewett, Regional Biologist of the Biological 

 Survey, have done exceptionally well something they particularly desired 

 to do. It is significant that the results of their labor are preserved, a work 

 of art, for the pleasure and profit of all of us. 



The authors, for years, have cooperated with Oregon State College in 

 the promotion of plans for the preservation of the wild life of the region. 

 They have visioned the time when leisure hours would be more plentiful 

 and when the wild things of field and forest would contribute greatly to 

 the recreational features of the Northwest. 



Oregon has wonderful recreational possibilities. When one knows the 

 birds, their habits and their value, his interest in them is stimulated and 

 his joy in seeing them is increased. In the accomplishment of these things, 

 the book fulfills its mission. 



GEORGE W. PEAVY 



President, Oregon State College 

 Corvallis, Oregon 



