Literature Relating to Staten Island 



Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the British 

 Museum, etc.^ 



This is a cloth bound octavo volume of 285 -f- 32 pages of text, 

 two plates, and twenty-five text figures. It includes, in addition 

 to the catalogue of British Museum specimens of Cretaceous 

 algae and fungi, a general bibliography of the literature of Creta- 

 ceous paleobotany and a list of Cretaceous species of fossil plants. 



Inasmuch as both the bibliography and the list are designed to be 

 world-wide in scope it may be appreciated that the undertaking 

 was somewhat ambitious, and this may serve as an excuse for the 

 many errors and omissions that may be noted. It will, doubtless, 

 be critically reviewed as a whole elsewhere, and it is necessary, 

 here, merely to call attention to the local interest which it possesses 

 in relation to Staten Island. The works of Hollick and of Jeffrey 

 on the Cretaceous plant remains of the Kreischerville clays are 

 enumerated, including references to our Proceedings, which, how- 

 ever, are designated " not seen " ; and all of our published local 

 Cretaceous species of plants are listed with citations of places of 

 publication or description, illustrations, etc. 



It is another of the many evidences that have appeared from 

 time to time indicating how widely our local geological discoveries 

 have made Staten Island known in the scientific world. 



A. H. 



The Fascinating Sport of Banding Birds^ 



This is one of Mr. Cleaves' characteristic bird articles, illustrated 

 by a number of his charming photographs, most of which are of 



1 Catalogue | of the [ Mesozoic Plants | in the | British Museum | (Nat- 

 ural History) | The Cretaceous Flora | Part I. — Bibliography, Algae and 

 Fungi I By | Marie C. Stopes, D.Sc, etc., etc. | London | 1913. 



2 Howard H. Cleaves, House and Garden 24: 11-14, 10 f. Jl 1913. 



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