library for purchase of books and it is desirable that a way be 

 found to provide for this need. A fund whose income should be 

 devoted exclusively to purchase of books would insure uniformity 

 of growth. 



As a result of the Audubon-Bachman loan exhibit in March the 

 Museum has received the gift of two framed plates from the ele- 

 phant folio edition of Audubon's Birds of America from Mr. 

 Julian Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Holmes, respectively. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have also given five framed plates of the 

 chromolithograph series of 1860, in addition to three given pre- 

 viously. Another of this series was given by Mr. Caspar Chisolm. 

 Mrs. Morris F. Tyler gave a hand-colored plate from the Quad- 

 rupeds of North America, labeled and signed in pencil by J. J. 

 Audubon. These gifts, together with the books previously ac- 

 knowledged, are a gratifying testimonial of the interest aroused 

 by the exhibit. 



BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 



It is the object of this survey to accumulate a catalog of the 

 fauna and flora of South CaroUna, beginning with the coast re- 

 gion. The undertaking seems especially large when it is realized 

 that it must be carried out for the most part as an incident in 

 other work. The results already attained, however, abundantly 

 illustrate its value. Without some such means of gathering into 

 permanent form the scattered observations of many persons an 

 adequate knowledge of our fauna and flora is impossible, while the 

 acquisition of this information is essential to the proper develop- 

 ment of the local exhibits which should be the distinctive feature 

 of the Museum. 



It is the plan of the survey to accumulate as many records 

 as possible in each group until a preliminary report can be pub- 

 lished. Thereafter only such observations are recorded as extend 

 the published account. All records coming to the attention of 

 the Museum in a trustworthy manner are entered in the survey, 

 so that as fast as it is brought up to date it constitutes a complete 

 summary of the known fauna and flora. 



The survey began with the birds and since the publication of 

 Wayne 's Birds of South Carolina * contains the additional infor- 

 mation obtained by Mr. Wayne and other observers. In most 

 other groups only a small beginning has been made, although an 

 analysis of the Ravenel herbarium has given eight hundred and 



'CoNTH. Chas. Mu8., I, 1910. 



