FOREWORD. 



To the Teachers of Alabama: 



It is made the duty of the State Superintendent of 

 Education to designate some particular date each year 

 which shall be observed in the public schools of the state 

 as Bird Day. In recognition of John James Audubon, the 

 greatest ornithologist, the anniversary of whose birth is 

 the 4th of May, which this year comes on Sunday, I have 

 selected the school day nearest to it, Monday, May 5th, as 

 a suitable day to be observed in the study of birds and 

 their helpful relationship to mankind. 



Public interest in this subject, and a due appreciation 

 by our people for birds, with a corresponding desire to 

 give them protection, has been fostered by the annual pub- 

 lication of a Bird Book, of which this is the sixth in the 

 series. 



For the preparation of this pamphlet all the credit be- 

 longs to the Department of Game and Fish, of which Hon. 

 John H. Wallace, Jr., is Commissioner. The valuable 

 services which he has thus rendered to the public schools 

 of Alabama are deeply appreciated. 



Very respectfully, 

 Superintendent of Education. 



