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waters, river, lowland streams, creeks, upland brooks, and _ pools, 
was investigated, and much new information was obtained regarding 
the forms living in the different environments, while the list of 
species was considerably augmented, the whole number known being 
ninety-three. 
COLLECTING BIRDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
On April 15, 1911, three members of the Museum staff from the 
Division of Birds, Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, Mr. J. H. Riley, and Mr. E. 
J. Brown, made a trip at their own expense, to South Carolina for 
the purpose of collecting birds for the National Museum, from the 
neighborhood of Christ’s Church Parish, in Charleston County. This 
county abounds in birds and is of much interest to ornithologists 
from the fact that it was here that Audubon and Bachman made 
collections in 1831 and 1832. Messrs. Brown, Mearns, and Riley 
obtained some 600 specimens, including some 50 prototypes out of 72 
which are described from this locality. Among them were many 
water-birds not previously in the Museum collections, and also 
warblers, plovers, curlews, Mississipp1 Hites, etc. Some reptiles 
(including a coral snake), were also collected by the party which 
was in the field about five weeks. Dr. Mearns remained in the 
field a week longer, and collected many plants for the Museum. 
