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THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 5 CHARLESTON, S. C, FEBRUARY, 1909 No. 2 



LOCAL FAUNA 



A Preliminary Survey of the Birds of the Coast 

 Region of South Carolina 



The Charleston Natural History Society was organized under 

 the auspices of the Museum in the spring of 1905 for the two- 

 fold purpose of stimulating an interest in natural history in 

 Charleston and of assisting the Museum in a biological survey 

 of the coast region of the state. Since the autumn of 1905 the 

 society has devoted itself to a study of birds. Most of its work 

 has been educational and the great majority of the records of 

 the survey were made by Messrs. H. R. Sass and F. M. Weston, 

 Jr. Other members of the society contributed records for 

 limited periods or for common species, while Mr. A. T. Wayne 

 and Rev. Robert Wilson, honorary members, contributed in- 

 teresting and important records from time to time. 



The coastal plain in South Carolina is approximately one 

 hundred miles wide and one hundred and ninety miles long, and 

 Q^ forms the natural field for the biological survey of the Charleston 

 ^Museum. Bird recoi'ds however have not extended beyond a 

 Y" strip twenty-five miles wide between the Edisto and Pee Dee 

 c: Rivers. Within this area the haunts of swamp, marsh, and 

 oc beach birds have been visited irregularly. The incompleteness 



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