later this year. On October 10, I positively identified a speci- 

 men — from watching it at a distance of about eight feet — at 

 the Charleston Navy Yard. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Although never previously recorded 

 earlier than October 15/ I found several specimens of this spe- 

 cies at the Charleston Navy Yard on October 14 of this year. 



Robin.— On October 20, 1911, Mr. S. G. Venning told me that 

 he had seen several Robins on his plantation, near Mt. Pleasant, 

 S. C. This record equals Mr. A. T. Wayne 's earhest — October 

 20, 1897.2— F. M. Weston, Jr. 



EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUH 



South Carolina Bird Eggs and Nests 



Last winter a collection of nests and eggs of South Carolina 

 breeding birds was installed in one of the best of the cases brought 

 from the old museum. Freshly painted in black and buff and 

 lined with black cotton felt, it furnishes an attractive setting for 

 the collection, although the need for larger accommodations is 

 now becoming imperative. Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, in his Birds 

 of South Carolina, records one hundred and forty-nine species as 

 breeding birds of the state, although the eggs of several have not 

 yet been taken. Of these, one hundred and fourteen are known 

 to have bred in the coast region, eighty-nine of which are repre- 

 sented in the Museum collection. Twelve species from the in- 

 terior of the state brings the total to one hundred and one. The 

 water birds are most fully represented, the Hooded Merganser 

 for which there is only Dr. John Bachman 's one record, the Wood 

 Ibis, and the Little Black Rail being the only species not included. 

 Noticeable breaks occur in the hawk, owl, woodpecker, and war- 

 bler groups. Several new species have been added to the col- 

 lection during the summer and particularly good work has been 



> Wayne, 1. c. 196. 

 2 Ibid, 202. 



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