NOTES FROM THE MUSEUH 



The second of the contributions from the Charleston Museum 

 will be issued early in June. This is Mr. Wm. G. Mazyck's 

 Catalog of the MoIIusca of South Carolina. Mr. Mazyck has 

 studied the mollusca of the State more extensively than any 

 other conchologist. His Catalog lists 534 species; it is carefully 

 annotated to show the distribution and abundance of each spe- 

 cies which Mr. Mazyck has personally observed within the lim- 

 its of the State, and authorities are cited for the comparatively 

 few species not thus examined. Four new species and two new 

 varieties are described. The Catalog is preceded by an Intro- 

 duction in which Mr. Mazyck gives briefly the history of con- 

 chological research in South Carolina, and by a tabulation of 

 the classification adopted. A List of Works Cited and an In- 

 dex to Genera complete the paper. Price, fifty cents. 



A finely mounted specimen of the English Pheasant has been 

 received, the gift of Dr. W. C. Klatte. 



Two volumes of Buff on 's Oviparous Quadrupeds and Ser- 

 pents have been presented to the library by Mrs. E. H. Pringle. 



Miss Barbara K. Bragg, who has for two years been assistant 

 in the library, has been obliged to give up the work on account 

 of ill health. Miss Harriet Coffin will fill her place for the re- 

 mainder of the year. 



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