for the removal of many of the larger mammals from the old build- 

 ing and for the installation of the elk and bison groups in new 

 cases. Work has also been begun on a comprehensive exhibit of the 

 agricultural resources of the coast region. It is hoped that this 

 is but the beginning of the support which will make possible the 

 complete installation of the present collections and the addition of 

 others to enable the Museum to fulfil the plans of its founders, as 

 announced in this issue of the Bulletin. 



The April meeting of the Natural History Society, Section A, 

 was held at the Museum on Thursday afternoon, April 6. The 

 program consisted of a talk by Miss Bragg on local ferns, illustrated 

 by specimens from the Museum herbaria and by ferns gathered 

 at the Navy Yard. Miss Bragg also gave a brief description of 

 the silkworm exhibit and demonstrated the charts and speci- 

 mens which are now to be seen in the main hall. 



Teachers are specially invited to bring their classes to visit the 

 silkworm exhibit, which will continue a week or ten days longer. 

 By telephoning the Museum (number 2677) arrangements may 

 be made for a special talk descriptive of the exhibit. 



The Museum has recently received a framed portrait of Prof. 

 Lewis R. Gibbes, presented by Mrs. C. C. Pinckney; and a col- 

 lection of minerals, including several fine specimens of geyserite 

 from Yellowstone Park, from Miss Henrietta Murdoch. Mr. P- 

 P. Mazyck has also presented to the library a copy of the second 

 volume of Bigelow's Medical Botany. 



Director Rea has been elected secretary of the newly-formed 

 City Art Commission, and has been authorized to establish at the 

 Museum a register of local art similar to that maintained at the 

 Museum of Fine Arts in Boston by Mr. Benj. Ives Oilman. Pro- 

 fessor N. W. Stephenson, honorary curator of art, will have charge 

 of the register, which is the second to be established in this coun- 

 try. 



The Museum has participated in the organization of the Boy 

 Scouts movement in Charleston by forming two patrols from the 

 membership of Section B of the Natural History Society. These 

 are known as the Ospreys and Flickers respectively and have 

 been given space in the ^Iuseum where they h&ve fitted up head- 

 quarters. 



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