page, material for a very complete permanent exhibit was ob- 

 tained and temporarily installed. This will be put in final form 

 early in the new year. 



Plans for further industrial exhibits are maturing and the com- 

 ing year may be expected to show this work well advanced. 



Ornithology. This department was one of the strongest in 

 the old museum', and because of its wide popular interest has al- 

 ways received special attention from the staff and from volunteer 

 workers in the Museum. It now approaches more clossly than 

 any other department the ideal of a complete local collection, sup- 

 plemented by a general collection. The specimens, it is true, are 

 for the most part thirty or more years old and in many instances 

 somewhat shabby, but nearly every species occurring in the state 

 is represented, as well as a large number from other parts of the 

 United States and the world at large. 



A special case of local birds has been maintained for several 

 years and always attracts much attention from visitors. Copy 

 for a full set of labels for this collection is now ready for printing, 

 but more case room is required for proper installation. It is to be 

 hoped that cases may also be provided soon for exhibition of the 

 general collection of birds. 



Ihis department acknowledges the gift of specimens, represent- 

 ing in most cases important records for the state, as follows: Messrs. 

 Caspar Chisolm, American Merganser; B. and R. Chamberlain, 

 Audubon's Shearwater and other unmounted skins; F. M. Wes- 

 ton, Jr., Sanderhng; E. A. Williams, Redhead Duck; E. A. Hyer, 

 unmounted bird skins; F. S. Hanckel, Jr., unmounted bird skins 

 and heads; Dr. J. A. Miles, a pair of Hve Duck Hawks; Miss M. 

 EUzabeth Klinck, Savannah Sparrow. 



To Messrs. E. A. Hyer, Caspar Chisolm, and B. and R. Cham- 

 berlain the Museum is indebted for preparing as skins most of 

 the birds and mammals received in the flesh. 



An exhibit of the nests and eggs of birds that breed in South 

 Carolina has been prepared by Miss Bragg and already includes 

 eggs of nearly three-quarters of the species known to breed in 

 the state. Most of the remainder are rare and will necessarily be 

 filled in slowly. The nests are not so well represented in the ex- 

 hibit but will be added as opportunity offers. Acknowledgment 

 is due Mr. Wendell M. Levi for valuable nests and eggs from the 

 interior of the state, chiefly the vicinity of Sumter, and Mr. Cas- 

 par Chisolm for eggs from the vicinity of Charleston and of Fiat 

 Rock, N. C. Messrs. B. and R." Chamberlain and other members 



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