By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.
The Rhode Island Red Hen became Rhode Island's official state bird on May 3, 1954.
A portrait of the Rhode Island Red was presented to Governor Roberts. It had been painted in the 1920's by Arthur O. Schilling, the United States� leading poultry artist.
The Rhode Island Red, Governor Roberts said, �has become a symbol of Rhode Islanders all over the world.
The Rhode Island state bird, the Rhode Island Red, is a domestic bird (chicken) and therefore has no place in Audubon's Birds of America, which is comprised exclusively of wild birds native to North America.
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