Audubon. Dr. Bachman procured two specimens on July 1, 

 1814, from a flock which he believed had laid eggs on the banks 

 off Bull's Island. 



The specimen in Mr. Smith's possession was apparently blown 

 here by a West Indian hurricane which passed up the coast im- 

 mediately before it was taken. 



P. M. Rea. 



NOTES FROM THE MUSEUH 



This department has been omitted from recent numbers of 

 the Bulletin, and we are glad to learn that it has been missed 

 by our readers. It is intended to contain news of the activi- 

 ties of the Museum. 



Among accessions of last spring not heretofore acknowledged 

 are a mounted Boat-tailed Grackle, the gift of Mr. W. A. Fladger; 

 an unmounted skin of a Ruddy Duck, from Mr. Chalmers McDer- 

 mid ; and a skin of the Least Bittern, taken by Mr. Rhett Cham- 

 berlain. These birds are all from the vicinity of Charleston. 

 Professor D. S. Martin presented a miscellaneous collection of 

 birds, consisting chiefly of foreign species, especially Brazilian 

 humming birds. A Great Horned Owl, received in June from 

 Mr. Earle Sloan, was kept alive for a time in the Museum. 



Recent accessions include a Xiphioid Whale head from the 

 Bolton phosphate mine on Stono River. This is the gift of 

 Capt. Frank E. Taylor, and is the seventh of these heads in the 

 museum collection. Additional specimens are much desired to 

 afford material for study of these forms. 



Mr. Wendell M. Levi, of the College of Charleston, has pre- 

 sented a collection of bird eggs representing nearly a hundred 



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