Thursday. This will bring the Section B meeting on the third, 

 January 15. 



Mr. Ellison A. Williams will speak at the Section A meeting, 

 on South Carolina Birds in Florida, and Mr. Caspar Chisolm on 

 South Carolina Birds in the Bahamas. Both of these subjects 

 are fascinatingly interesting, treating as they do of some of our 

 most picturesque birds. The habitat group lantern slides for 

 these localities are particularly brilliant. The Pelicans of Flor- 

 ida and the Flamingos of the Bahamas are, once seen, never to 

 be forgotten. 



The Thanksgiving Day field trip for Section A was voted a 

 success in spite of the fact that it was necessary to walk the last 

 mile before reaching Yeaman Hall. Tickets for the next trip 

 have been bought out. This will be a launch trip to the further 

 or eastern end of the Isle of Palms on January 10. The launch 

 Kvik V will leave with the party from Custom House wharf at 

 9.30 A. M. Registration is in order for the next launch trip 

 which will come early in February. There will be no Washing- 

 ton's Birthday trip this year. The Society as a whole has out- 

 grown the available water transportation facilities. In conse- 

 quence the experiment will be tried of having more frequent 

 trips with smaller parties. Much more and better work can be 

 done in parties of twenty than of sixty. Every member of the 

 Society will be able to secure a trip sometime in February if 

 registration is made not later than the January meeting. 



Section B went to Dewees Island on December 6. Twenty- 

 six water and several land birds were observed. Many different 

 species were numerous enough to allow even the beginners in 

 bird study to become familiar with them. Nearly all the chil- 

 dren took notes on the birds observed. At the Section B meeting 

 the following Thursday, Miss Bragg exhibited specimens and 

 talked about these birds. Then sides were chosen for a new game, 

 called Bird-match, which is played as is the old-fashioned spell- 

 ing-match. This game is to be continued at the January meet- 

 ing. The two winners of the first match will be leaders of the 

 second, and the final winners of the second match will receive 

 as a reward one of Reed's Bird Guides, either land or water as 

 desired. All questions asked in the game will be about the birds 

 seen on the Dewees Island trip. Those who were not present 

 at the last meeting should surely be there for the January con- 

 test. 



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