large numbers have recently been recorded in the Museum bird 

 survey. Examination shows, however, that the specimen in 

 question is a female Lesser Scaup Duck, Marila affinis (Eyt.), 

 the clear white speculum bordered with brown alone being suffi- 

 cient to distinguish it from Marila collaris (Donov.) with its 

 speculum of gray. This correction places the first authentic 

 record for the Ring-necked Duck in South Carolina to the credit 

 of Mr. F. S. Hanckel, Jr., who recorded eighteen specimens dur- 

 ing the winter of 1910-1911. The first record is for an adult 

 male taken on the Ashepoo River, December 17, 1910, by Mr. 

 John Maybank. The head of this bird is in Mr. Hanckel's col- 

 lection. Six or more specimens were taken at the time and the 

 birds were reported abundant. 



Being well supplied with mounted specimens of this species 

 and not realizing the erroneousness of Mr. Wayne's first record, 

 the Museum preserved none of the many Ring-necks presented 

 for identification until December 1911, when a particularly fine 

 head from an adult female taken on Ashepoo River, December 

 11, by Mr. F. S. Hanckel, Jr., was prepared as an unmounted 

 skin.^ 



A Ring-necked Duck is recorded as taken Feburary 8, 1908, on 

 the Cooper River, by Mr. E. H. Burton. No specimen was pre- 

 served, however, and the sex was not recorded. Other records 

 have since been made by Messrs. Julian Mitchell, Jr., Caspar 

 Chisolm, E. A. Williams and Edward Simons. — L. M. Bragg. 



The Museum has a stock of frogs' eggs and tadpoles collected 

 by Master E. H. Jennings, which will be distributed among teach- 

 ers who apply for them. A container of some kind should be 

 provided for removal. 



Duck heads have been received as follows: Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser, male; Black Duck, male; Mallard, male, and Ring-necked 

 Duck, female, from Mr. E. A. Williams; Mallard, male, and 



'Spec. 7108. "" ■ 



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