FOREWORD 
The Gould League of Bird Lovers of New South Wales esteem it a 
privilege to sponsor What Bird is That? This book will be a permanent 
and beautiful memorial to the League's “coming of age", for the 
League was established on 22 October 1910, at Wellington, with Mr 
Walter Finigan and the late Mr Edward Webster as its foundation 
members. History was made that day! 
The book will also have high educational and patriotic value: 
educational, in that all who so desire may become intimately acquainted 
with the many and beautiful native birds that throng our bushland; 
patriotic, that by virtue of such knowledge, love for our feathered 
friends may deepen and enrich love of country. 
“What bird is that?" No question is more frequently on the lips of 
bush lovers. It may be occasioned by the bird on the wing, or on the 
tree in quiet contemplation, or by the lilt of a song. No question 
could be more spontaneous. 
What Bird is That ? is the most comprehensive and informative 
bird book published in the Commonwealth—if not in the world. The 
coloured plates are a triumph not only of the genius and imagination 
of the artist—our own Neville Cayley on whom has fallen so fittingly 
the mantle of his famous father—but also of the block-maker's and 
printer's art. The publishers have done nothing finer of its kind. 
The life-like portayals of our feathered friends, together with the 
succinct but compendious descriptive information, will place within 
easy reach of the bird lover, a most valuable vade mecum of bird 
and bush lore for out of doors as well as a thing of beauty for the 
library. 
Department of Education , 
Sydney . 
