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 beauti¬ 
ful memorial to the League's “coming of age/’ for the League was estab¬ 
lished 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 Thatf 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 pub¬ 
lishers have done nothing finer of its kind. 
The life-like portrayals 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. 
