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OF 



THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 4 CHARLESTON, S. C, FEBRUARY, 1908 No. 2«^J^ 



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SYNOPSIS OF THE BIRD RECORDS OF THE NATURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1907 



The Natural History Society is organized under the auspices 

 of the Charleston Museum as a means of encouraging the 

 study of the fauna and flora of the Coast Region of South 

 Carolina. At present the Society consists of but one section, 

 devoted to the study of birds. The records of this work are 

 kept on cards especially designed for the purpose' and filed 

 in the Museum at the end of each month. A synopsis of the 

 first year's records was published in the Bulletin' for May, 

 1907. The following list shows the results of the second 

 year's work in comparison with those of 1906 and is published 

 to indicate the nature of the work of the Society and to pro- 

 vide persons interested in our local birds with a list of the 

 species most likely to be observed, and a statement, in each 

 case, of the season when, in our experience, it has been seen. 

 The list is by no means a complete synopsis of the birds of 

 coastal South Carolina, and its incompleteness as well as the 

 small number of records in many cases is due to the inexpe- 

 rience of most of the members of the Society and, especially, 



<Xi ^^ their limited opportunities for field-work. 



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^ 'See Bull. Coll. Chas. Mus.. Vol. 1. No. 4, pp. 34-36. ^Vol. 3. No. 5. 



