ciety an exhibit; has been temporarily installed in Agassiz Hall 

 to illustrate the seasonal fluctuations in the character of the 

 bird life of the coast region O'f South Carolina. It includes at 

 present Permanent Residents and Winter Visitants. With the 

 departure of the latter for their northern breeding grounds in 

 the spring and the arrival of the Transient Visitants, which 

 winter south of the United States and breed farther north, and 

 of the Summer Residents, the exhibit is correspondingly 

 changed, so that the entire bird life of the current season is 

 always displayed. A bulletin of new arrivals is posted near 

 the case and new labels for each specimen are in preparation, 

 giving t,he range and local status of each of these birds. 



The immediate need of this department is a study collec- 

 tion of skins, taken at all seasons of the year. The increasing 

 interest in birds among teachers and pupils makes it import- 

 ant that the Museum should have such a study series and a 



beginning of this work will probably be made in the coming 

 year. 



The Museum should also possess a duplicate mounted series 



of our common birds, to be loaned to teachers who may wish 



to use them with their classes. 



Geology 



A preliminary revision of this department was made last 

 winter by the honorary curator. Professor Daniel S, Martin, 

 and this work will be continued during the winter and the 

 collections prepared for removal. Several important additions 

 have been made to this department through Profes- 

 sor Martin. He has, himself, presented to the Mus- 

 eum important collections in invertebrate paleontol- 

 ogy and has deposited a set of crystallographic models and 

 other specimens. He has also prepared for shipment to the 

 Museum the greater part of his private collections, made dur- 

 ing many years. In addition to these most generous gifts he 

 has promised his entire geological library to the Museum. The 



