that these records were obtained as an incident in other work. 

 The bird records (exclusive of Mr. Wayne's work) now cover 

 two hundred and thirty species, ten having been added during 

 the year. Careful field work has extended the observations to 

 cover the whole period when most of these species are here, and 

 the value of the survey has been shown by the addition of two 

 species to the avifauna of the state since the publication of Mr. 

 Wayne's book in the middle of the year, and by a number of other 

 records almost as unusual. Persons obtaining rare birds or other 

 animals anywhere in South Carolina are urgently requested to re- 

 port the facts to the Museum in order that they may be recorded. 



PUBLICATION 



The sixth volume of the Bulletin has been completed during 

 the year, and a new series of research publications, entitled Con- 

 tributions FROM THE Charleston Museum, has been begun 

 with a volume on ' ' Birds of South Carolina," by Arthur T. Wayne, 

 honorary curator of birds. Mr. Wayne has a longer and more 

 intimate familiarity with the avifauna of South Carolina than 

 any other man, and his contribution to the ornithology of the 

 South Atlantic coast region is published by the Museum with con- 

 fidence that it sets a worthy standard for the series which it in- 

 augurates. 



The manuscript of a "Catalog of the Mollusca of South Caro- 

 lina," by William G. Mazyck, is ready for the printers; and a 

 paper on "Birds of the City of Charleston," by Herbert R. Sass, 

 is in preparation for this series. 



The need of a small fund for publication of important papers 

 without drawing upon general accounts is keenly felt. 



To the News and Courier and to The Evening Post the Museum 

 is indebted for unfaihng support of its work and for the freedom 

 with which their columns have been opened to notices of Muse- 

 um activities. 



The director of the Museum has compiled during the year, for 

 the American Association of Museums, a directory of American 



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