species, the greater number from the vicinity of Sumter, S. C. 

 Among these are eggs of the Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea), 

 taken from two nests. The identification is based upon de- 

 scriptions of the birds and nests, as well as upon the characters 

 of the eggs. This record is of special interest since Mr. Wayne 

 has found but one nest of this species'. Mr. Levi is assisting in 

 the preparation of an exhibit of eggs of local birds. 



A framed Audubon plate of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak 

 has been presented by Mr. Caspar S. Chisolm, a member of 

 Section B of the Natural History Society. This is a litho- 

 graphic copy of the original plate, and is hung in the reading 

 room with three other plates of the same series, which were pre- 

 sented by Mrs. Henry S. Holmes in 1908. 



A set of the works of Bradford Torrey, given in March, 1910, 

 by Miss Henrietta Murdoch, has been much used by members 

 of the Natural History Society. 



A large part of the time of the Museum staff has been devo- 

 ted for a year past to the preparation of publications, and it 

 is with much gratification that these have been received from 

 the press. Mr. Wayne's book on the Birds of South Carohna, 

 published as the first of a new series of "Contributions" has 

 been very favorably received and fills a long-standing need for 

 an accurate and convenient reference work on the birds of the 

 state. There has also just come from the press A Directory of 

 American Museums of Art, History, and Science, compiled by 

 Professor Rea for the American Association of Museums, and 

 published for the Association by the Buffalo Society of Natural 

 Sciences. 



On Tuesday evening, November 22, the Charleston Adver- 

 tising Club held one of its regular meetings at the Museum, 



'See Birds of South Carolina. Contr. Chaa. Mus. I, 1910. 132. 



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