Audubon and Bachman 



Viviparous quadrupeds of North America. 3 vols, text and 3 vols, elephant 



folio plates. N. Y. 1846-54 Lent by Mr. Caspar Chisolm, vol. 1 of text; 



Miss Elise Lewis, vol. 1 of text; Presented to the Museum by Dr. C. W. Kollock, 



vols. 1-2 of text. 



Proof plates, partially colored. 



Canada lynx Lent by Mr. Julian Mitchell. 



White American wolf Lent by Mr. Julian Mitchell. 



Carolina gray squirrel Lent by Mr. Julian Mitchell. 



Woodchuck Lent by Mr. Julian Mitchell- 



Quadrupeds of North America. N. Y. 1851-54. 



Original signatures Lent by Miss Eleanore Ball (no. 31 wanting) ; Mrs. Au- 

 gustus Fitch (nos. 6-8, 15 wanting) ; Miss Catharine P. Ravenel. 



Same. 3 vols. 1851-54. Scopies. .Lent by Mr. C. H. Drayton;Mrs. H. J. O'Neill; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Parsons. 



Same. 3 vols. 1854. . . .Lent by Dr. C. W. Kollock; Mr. Caspar Chisolm, vol. 2. 



Extracted plates (5) Lent by Mrs. C. C. Pinckney. 



LOCAL FAUNA 



American Merganser.— On January 2, 1911, I secured the first 

 authentic record for the American Merganser {Mergus americanus 

 Cass) in this state. Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, in his Birds of South 

 Carohna, refers this species to a hypothetical hst, and declares that 

 to the best of his knowledge it has never been taken in the state. 

 The specimen here recorded was shot on Back River near its junc- 

 tion with the Cooper, after having partially swallowed a mullet 

 ten inches in length. The weight of the mullet in its throat de- 

 stroyed its balance and made continuous flight impossible. The 

 bird rose half a dozen times, but with each attempt at escape could 

 gain only a few yards. 



Several years ago a merganser was taken on the upper Cooper 

 River which I afterwards decided was ihe Mergus americanus, but 

 as this specimen was not preserved I have been on the lookout dur- 

 ing the past season for another to prove the occurrence of the spe- 

 cies in South Carolina. 



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