cry was one I had never heard before, and that there was a 

 rosy color about its throat and breast such as I had never be- 

 fore seen. I called the attention of a gentleman presen 

 (Gen. W. G. Desaussure) to the bird, and he told me it was 

 a Roseate Spoonbill, a rare bird in this vicinity, he added, 

 though in his youth it had been more abundant." 



Any further record of the occurrence of the Roseate Spoon- 

 bill in South Carohna will be appreciated by the Editor. 



NQTES FROn THE HUSEUfl 



The Musum is open to the public on Saturdays from 10 to 5, 

 and on other week days from 10 to 12 and 1 to 5. Children 

 unaccompanied by an adult are admitted only on Saturdays. 



The attendance at the lecture on " Whales and Whaling " 

 was 133 as compared with 105 at the lecture on " Parasites, 

 Mosquitoes and Disease." 



The Bulletin will be sent by mail to any address for 

 twenty-five cents a year. Complete sets of back numbers 

 will be supplied on request to new subscribers. 



The Museum announces the installation of a telephone, 

 number 2060, in the office of the Curator. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Charleston Natural 

 History Society was held in Manigault Hall Tuesday, Dec, 

 5th, at 4.30 P. M. The feature of this meeting was a con- 

 tinuation of the talks on birds which were begun by Mr. 

 Sass in November. 



Chapman's Hand boook of the birds Eastern North America 

 has been recently added to the Museum library and vv^ill be 

 found very convenient in studying the birds in the Museum. 

 The Charleston Library Society has subscribed to the Auk, a 

 very valuable quarterly journal of ornithology, and to Bird 

 Lore, the official organ of the Audubon Society. 



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