state but a wide extension of the previously known range of the 

 species. 



2. Species formerly in the hypothetical list, now authentical- 

 ly recorded. In this class are the American Merganser, established 

 by the taking of an adult male by Mr. Caspar Chisolm; the White- 

 winged Scoter observed by Mr. Wayne, the known accuracy of 

 whose work establishes the species without further verification; 

 and the Nashville Warbler only tentatively recorded by the Rev. 

 John Kershaw, Jr. 



3. New species for the coast region. 



4. Extension of dates of arrival and departure of species. 



5. Specific dates where merely a general statement has pre- 

 viously been made. 



6. Additional records for rare species, or species whose abun- 

 dance is as yet undetermined. 



7. Records from the interior of the state. 



8. Substantiating records. 



9. Records given purely as matter of interest. 



The large number of observers now working on the Museum 

 survey and the wider range of country covered has made it pos- 

 sible frequently to extend Mr. Wayne's observations, or verify his 

 suppositions. Particular care has been taken to include no record 

 based solely on observation unless the observer's accuracy and 

 familiarity with the species has been proved to the satisfaction of 

 the Museum. The record cards filed in the Museum survey usually 

 give fuller data than can be included in this brief summary. 



The names of observers indicated in the text are as follows: 

 Herbert R. Sass and Francis M. Weston, Jr., both careful bird 

 students and formerly members of the Museum staff; Burnham 

 Chamberlain, Rhett Chamberlain, Caspar Chisolm, F. S. Hanckel, 

 Jr., E. A. Hyer, Samuel Lapham, Jr., Miss A. L. Sloan, J. I. 

 Waring, Jr., E. A. Williams, and Rev. Robert Wilson are workers 

 connected with the Charleston Natural History Society; James 

 Foster and D. S, Lesesne though not bird students have con- 

 tributed two valuable records; Wendell M. Levi has for years made 



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