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Report of the Recording Secretary 113 



Report of the Treasurer 114 



Exercises held in Connection with the Opening of the Mu- 

 seum to the Public 115 



Address on behalf of the people of the Borough, by 

 Hon. George Cromwell 115. 



Purposes and Aims of Modern Museums, by Frederick 

 A. Lucas 119 



Part III. July 1908 — February 1909 



The Chestnut Disease on Staten Island, by Arthur Hollick 125 



Note on the Chestnut Fungus, by William T. Davis 128 



A Visitation of Geometrid Moths, by William T. Davis . . 130 



Local Notes on Young Owls and Hawks, by James Chapin 132 

 Comments on the Contents of a Grebe's Crop, by Howard 



H. Cleaves 140 



Observations on Staten Island Moles, by William T. Davis 141 

 Notes on the Purple Sandpiper and Hooded Merganser, by 



James Chapin 143 



Geological Notes in Connection with a Recent Lawsuit 



against the City, by Arthur Hollick 144 



Staten Island Grouse Locusts, by William T. Davis 148 



Charred Wood in a Concretion, by William T. Davis .... 149 

 Two Additions to the List of Birds Known to Breed on 



Staten Island, By William T. Davis and James 



Chapin -.-.... ...,.;......... 150 



The Influence of Climate in Producing Aberrations in Lepi- 



doptera, by George Franck 151 



Notes on a Captive Saw-whet Owl, by Howard H. Cleaves 155, 



Notes on Staten Island Plants, by William .T. Davis .... 161 



Records of Meetings ., 163 



Special Meeting, July 21, ; 1908 163 



Regular Meeting, October 17, 1908 164 



Regular Meeting, November 21, 1908 ..'.'........... 165 



Regular Meeting, December 19. 1908 . .' '.'. ' = ; 166 



