done by members of Section B of the Natural History Society and 

 by Mr. Wendell M. Levi of the College of Charleston in securing 

 complete settings and nests for species previously but poorly 

 represented. One particularly fine nest with eggs is that of the 

 Blue Grosbeak, secured by Mr. Levi at Sumter. Mr. Wayne 

 has considered this bird very rare in the coast region and it was 

 with satisfaction that we last year recorded^ the evident greater 

 abundance of the species in the interior. This year Mr. Levi 

 has observed four pairs of breeding birds and Mr. E. B. Wheeler, 

 Jr., of Marion, sends us a record for an adult male observed on 

 April 14, four days earlier than Mr. Wayne's earhest date of 

 arrival. 



Shell Collection 



A temporary installation of the marine shells of South Carolina 

 has recently been placed in the main hall near the entrance to the 

 hbrary. This collection is by no means complete but it is hoped 

 that the gaps will be rapidly filled. The shells have been ar- 

 ranged to correspond with Mr. WilUam G. Mazyck's Catalog of 

 the MoUusca of South Carolina, now in process of publication by 

 the Museum. Brief temporary labels indicate each species which 

 has been recorded as taken along the coast of this state whether 

 specimens have been found in recent years or not. Many species 

 not represented in the Museum are to be found in Mr. Mazyck's 

 private collection. Permanent labels are being prepared and will 

 be printed as soon as possible. These will be of a popular as well 

 as scientific nature and will greatly add to the interest of the 

 collection. An installation of all the shells of the state, land and 

 fresh-water species as well as marine forms, will be made when 

 cases can be secured. The last available case from the old mu- 

 seum has now been used — was, in fact, filled for this exhibit. 



L. M. Bragg. 



' Bull. Chas. Mus., VI, 1910, 58. 



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