VOL. VII October 1917-M^y 191 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



Y 



EDITED BY A,/^^^^^^_g^ ^ ^ 



PHILIP DOAf^LL ■ 13 1929 

 CHARLES W. LENG, WiIlIAM T. DAVIS '" 



PUBLICATION COMMItJBS'j, . . 



CONTENTS 



Bird of Paradise Plumage Arthur Hollick i 



Catskill Aqueduct Celebration Exhibit Arthur Hollick 5 



Does the Silver Lake Reservoir Leak Excessively? William T. Davis 13 



Bitten by a Rattlesnake William T. Davis 15 



Louis P. Gratacap William T. Davis 19 



Old Court Records of Richmond County Edward C. Delavan, Jr. 22 



Ice Phenomena at Prince's Bay during the Recent Cold Weather. 



Howard H. Cleaves 30 



Quercus heterophylla in the Clove Valley Arthur Hollick 32 



Literature Relating to Staten Island: 



Letters and Diary, and Poems of Alan Seeger. Juniperus communis 

 or Long Island and Staten Island. Catskill Water Supply. Catskill 

 Aqueduct Celebration Publications. English Crown Grants. Petition 

 and Protest in Regard to Riparian Grants, etc., on Staten Island. 



The Coursen (Corson) Family. Early History of Staten Island 35 



Records of Meetings 45 



Annual Reports 61 



Ceremonies attending the laying of the cornerstone 77 



Index — 87 



Issued June 21, 1920 



Staten Island. N. Y. 



Press of The New Era Printing Company 



Lancaster, Pa. 



