No option to add birthday calendar to iCal

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but there's no option under General Preferences to add a birthday calendar to iCal.
Please Help!

Greetings,
Just to cover all bases, you do have birthdays in Address book, right? (You are using Address Book for your contacts, right?)

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