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Vol. 8 CHARLESTON, S. C, FEBRUARY, 1912 No. 2 



LOCAL FAUNA 



Birds of South Carolina 

 supplement * 



Increased activity has characterized the study of the bird life of 

 South Carolina since the Museum published in 1910 Mr. Arthur 

 T. Wayne's Birds of South Carolina. This important work sum- 

 marized the results of Mr. Wayne's bird observations in the state up 

 to the date of publication and gave the most interesting records 

 gathered by other workers on the Museum's bird survey of South 

 Carolina. During the two years which have elapsed since the is- 

 sue of this book, Mr. Wayne has secured many important records 

 besides finding a mislaid notebook containing valuable data. 

 Meanwhile the Museum has extended the survey to cover not 

 only the restricted region along the coast to which it was formerly 

 limited, but the middle and upper parts of the state as well. 



The supplement here presented includes all records, as far as 

 known, up to Dec. 31, 1911, which add to the knowledge of the 

 avifauna of the state as given in the Birds of South Carolina. 



These records are in character as follows: 



1. New species for South Carolina. Wilson's Phalarope, taken 

 by Mr. Burnham Chamberlain, proves to be not merely new to the 



> Important bird records obtained by the Charleston Museum in its biological survey 

 are printed in the Bulletin from time to time. Summaries in the form of supplements 

 to Wayne's Birds of South Carolina (Conte. Chas. Mcs., I, 1910), of which this is the 

 first, will be published as occasion arises. 



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