Calendar of the Natural History Society 



December 3rd, Thursday. Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Society at the Museum at 4.30 p. m. Lecture by Professor 

 Rea on ''Feathers." Visitors welcome. 



December 10th, Thursday. Field trip to the Navy Yard. Mr. 

 Weston and Mr. Legge. 8.15 a. m. car from the Battery; 8.30 

 car from Line St. 



December 19th, Saturday. Field trip to the Navy Yard. Mr. 

 Weston. 8.15 a. m. car from Battery: 8.30 car from Line St. 



NOTES FROM THE HUSEUM 



The hbrary and reading room of the Museum are open to the 

 public on Saturdays, from 10 till 7. No exhibits are yet open 

 except the collection of living snakes, which is temporarily in- 

 stalled in the entrance hall and may be seen on Saturdays. 

 The larger specimens are still in the old museum at the College, 

 but are closed to the public. 



Recent progress in installation includes the addition of a 

 second magazine rack in the reading room, provision for further 

 pamphlet boxes and binders, completion of cases for study and 

 storage collections and a metal-lined case for preservation of 

 skins. The model of Charleston harbor, obtained from the 

 Chamber of Commerce, is being installed and a permanent case 

 for a part of the snake collection is under construction. 



The skin of a yellow-billed tropic bird (Phaethon aethereus) 

 has been presented to the Museum by Dr. H. C. Kellers who 

 collected and prepared the specimen on shipboard off Acapulco, 

 Mexico. 



Mr. Herbert R. Sass has resigned from the staff of the Museum 

 to become news editor of the News and Courier. His place has 

 been taken temporarily by Mr. Francis M. Weston, Jr. 



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