therefore much in need of revision. The Museum, 

 through the medium of the Natural History Society, is glad 

 to accumulate data looking toward the publication of a new 

 synopsis, and will welcome contributions of bird notes from 

 observers throughout the low country. 



Two other lists of the birds of South Carolina have been 

 published, but are chiefly compilations. The first was made 

 by Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes, professor in the College of 

 Charleston, and will be found in the appendix of Tuomey's 

 " Report on the Geology of South Carolina " issued in 1848. 

 The second list was made by Frederick W. True, Curator in 

 the U. S. National Museum, and appeared in a volume of the 

 " Resources, Population, Institutions and Industries of South 

 Carolina," pubhshed by the State Board of Agriculture in 

 1883. 



The chief and almost the sole figure in contemporaneous 

 South Carolinian ornithology is Mr. Arthur T. Wayne of Mt. 

 Pleasant, S. C. Mr. Wayne is an ornithologist of recognized 

 authority, and his forthcoming book on the birds of the coast 

 region of South Carolina is av/aited with much interest. 



The following birds have been reported by members of the 

 Natural History Society for the months of January and Feb- 

 ruary, 1906. The list is classified according to Coues' 

 " Synopsis of the Birds of South Carolina (1868), recent cor- 

 rections and data being indicated by footnotes. 



Permanent Residents— Brown thrasher, American rob- 

 bing, mocking bird, catbird-, bluebird, tufted titmouse, Car- 

 olina chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, brown-headed 

 nuthatch, brown creeper^, Carolina wren, long-billed marsh 

 wren^, pine warbler, cedar bird, loggerhead shrike, song 

 sparrow^ , English sparrow, field sparrow^ , chipping sparrow 

 *, American goldfinch^, cardinal, towhee, red-winged black- 



' Winter visitant, (A. T. Wayne) -Breeds rarely, (A.T.W.) 

 ^Breeds very locally near coast. ^Breeds rarely, (A.T.W.) 



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