28 Apr. 30, S.C. This afternoon, went out to the "the Battery"; in Park there, and observed about the city of Charleston, noted: Clairvoy Swift (fully 2 dozen, flying about overhead in different parts of town and twittering weakly); Mockingbird (6 or 8, singing tirelessly); English Sparrow (swarming). Note: - Buy bird skins from Wayne. Rea says he has a permit and is in a position to likely be amenable. The Charleston Museum, being "the oldest Museum in America", has to struggle with a mass of very old material (see Rea's article in Amer. Mus. Assoc. Proc., 9 looked up everything available to find possible California materia of historic interest. While there is no doubt but that LeConte, Bach Anderton, Holbrook, and perhaps other