larly important classified list of local birds. Copies can be 

 had at the Museum at five cents each. 



Inquiries about the Society may be made of the Museum by 

 telephone. 



NOTES FROn THE MUSEUn 



During the summer gratifying progress has been made on 

 the tedious but very necessary task of preparing proper re- 

 cords of the specimens and books in the museum. When it 

 is remembered that these collections have accumulated dur- 

 ing more than a century and that the history of many of 

 them has been lost or confused, both the necessity and dif- 

 ficulty of bringing the records down to date are apparent. 

 Until it is done the collections cannot be moved without dan- 

 ger of irreparable confusion. 



Mrs. Chase, of the Division of Agrostology, at Washington, 

 recently visited the Museum for the purpose of studying some 

 of the grasses in the Elliott Herbarium. Mrs. Chase's visit 

 led to an examination of other herbaria in the Museum which 

 disclosed the surprising extent of the Ravenel herbarium. 

 Dr. H. W. Ravenel made a special study of the Fungi and 

 his herbarium includes extensive collections of the lower or- 

 ders of plants in a surprisingly perfect state of preservation. 

 The herbarium also contains the plants which were the basis 

 of his published account of the flora of the region of the 

 Santee Canal. Two additional fascicles of the Elliott Her- 

 barium have since been found, as well as some herbaria 

 presented to tlie old Literary and Philosophical Society, and 

 a printed copy of a letter from Dr. Felix L'Herminier, cura- 

 tor of the Museum from 1815 to 1819. The discovery of so 

 much valuable material in a neglected condition emphasizes 

 the necessity of the new system of records and of the im- 

 proved storage facilities which the new building will provide. 



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