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water edge of the Narrows is shown, which feature is not included in the 

 larger picture, we may assume that this smaller one was issued subsequent 

 to 1854. 



2. Four skins of the greater bird of paradise, Paradisia apoda, with an 

 account of the manner in which they came into the possession of the Asso- 

 ciation. (See this issue, p. i.) 



Doctor Hollick referred to the Catskill Aqueduct Celebration Exhibit, 

 now on display in the Museum, ^prepared in cooperation with the subcom- 

 mittee on Art, Scientific and Historical Exhibitions of the Mayor's Cats- 

 kill Aqueduct Celebration Committee, and gave a brief outline and descrip- 

 tion of the features included in the exhibit. (For report and complete 

 descriptive catalog see this issue, p. 5.) 



Mr. William T. Davis read a paper, illustrated by photographs, entitled 

 Does the Silver Lake Reservoir Leak Excessively? (See this issue, p. 13.) 



Mr. Davis also exhibited a small specimen of a ground rattlesnake, 

 Sistrurus miliarius Linn., preserved in alcohol, and read an account of 

 his personal experiences in connection with it, under the title Bitten by a 

 Rattlesnake. (See this issue, p. 15.) 



The meeting then adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, NOVEMBER 1 7, I917 



The meeting vv'as held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 

 vesant Place, Staten Island. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and forty-five persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of October 20, 1917, were read and approved. 



Mr. S. McKee Smith presented the following resolutions, which will be 

 acted upon at the next regular meeting of the Association : 



Resolved, that in view of the prospective future development of the 

 Museum of the Association and the nature of the public educational activi- 

 ties which it maintains and fosters it is advisable that the corporate name 

 of the Association be changed from Staten Island Association of Arts and 

 Sciences to Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



Resolved, that the Board of Trustees be and is hereby requested to take 

 such action as may be necessary to legalize and effect the change in name 

 above suggested, and that the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association 

 be thereupon declared amended in conformity therewith. 



Mr. Howard R. Bayne exhibited a photographic reproduction of an old 

 map, without date or title, representing a portion of Staten Island in the 

 vicinity of Great Kill. The map was recently received from Dr. James 

 Sullivan, State Historian, Albany, N. Y., together with the following 

 memorandum : 



" If you will examine . . . the map . . . and place it alongside a map of 

 Staten Island you will see that it represents the coast line along the sea 

 (designated on this map 'la mer ' and 'mer') and that 'La grand Kit' 

 corresponds to the Great Kill of Staten Island. 



