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On motion, the report of the committee was accepted and placed on 

 file. 



The president read a letter from Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff, extending an 

 invitation to the members of the Association to visit the log cabin on his 

 estate, known as "The Philosophers' Retreat", at eleven o'clock on 

 Thanksgiving Day. On motion it was voted that the invitation be accepted 

 with thanks. 



Scientific Program 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard, curator-in-chief, made an address on the work 

 of the museum since its removal from Borough Hall. He pointed out that 

 the attendance for the first five months was more than treble that for the 

 corresponding period last year, and argued that this increased public 

 interest demanded a broader scope in the museum policy and better facili- 

 ties for exhibits. 



In the discussion that followed, the president spoke of the needs of the 

 hbrary, particularly the importance of having pamphlets and serials prop- 

 erly bound, and stated that it was his desire to have a good reference 

 collection of works on economics. 



Mr. WilHam T. Davis exhibited a specimen of the corn snake, Coluber 

 guttatus L., collected at Chatsworth, N. J., in July, 191 1, stating that the 

 species had not been previously reported from that state, a fact espe- 

 cially alluded to by Cope in " The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of 

 North America," page 833. 



Mr. Davis also presented an account of his observations on the occur- 

 rence of the periodical cicada on Staten Island and vicinity in 191 1 (pub- 

 lished in this issue of the Proceedings, p. i), and showed a series of speci- 

 mens dating back to the visitation of' 1877. 



A general discussion followed. 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited a number of inflated larvae of various 

 moths and butterflies, prepared by Mr. Josef Mattes, and by him presented 

 to the museum. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, November 18, 1911 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 

 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, President Howard R. Bayne in the 

 chair, and about 50 persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of October 21, 1911, were read and 

 approved. 



Scientific Program 



The program for the evening was arranged by the Section of Biology. 

 President Bayne introduced the speaker, Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, as- 

 sistant curator, who delivered a lecture on the topic " Sea birds of the 



