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NEARLY two years ago, I began work on a series of 

 bulletins for the Public Library Commission of In- 

 diana. Owing to the pressure of other duties, the 

 bulletins were laid aside until recently the establish- 

 ment of a department of library work with schools made 

 more apparent the need of such publications and the Bird 

 Bulletin has been pushed to completion. ' 



Realizing the value of expert service, the Commission has 

 availed itself of the generous assistance rendered by Mr. 

 Amos W. Butler, Prof. D. W. Dennis, Mr. Alden Hadley, Mr. 

 W. W. Woollen, Mr. W. S. Blatchley, Miss Florence Howe 

 and others to whom the Commission wishes to make grateful 

 acknowledgment. 



The Commission is also indebted to Miss Ella Saltmarsh, 

 Children's Librarian of the Indianapolis City Library, for the 

 use of the Bird Calendar, which, modified and enlarged upon, 

 has been incorporated into this publication. 



Appreciation of the Commission's work has been expressed 

 by the officers of the Indiana Audubon Society, which has 

 ordered copies of the Bird Bulletin for distribution. 



This publication will be followed by others on Indiana 

 flowers, trees, products, history, literature, biography, etc., etc. 

 Merica Hoagland, 



Cor. Sec'y & Organizer. 



