i66 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



Scientific Program 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard read a paper on " Observations on Staten Island 

 Moles " by William T. Davis, and exhibited specimens of the species men- 

 tioned. (Printed in full in this issue, p. 141.) 



Mr. James Chapin exhibited specimens and read " Notes on the Purple 

 Sandpiper and Hooded Merganser," recently captured on Staten Island. 

 (Printed in full in this issue, p. 143.) 



Mr. George S. Humphrey exhibited a stuffed specimen of a young white 

 seal, a gift to the museum from Miss W. Humphrey, and gave an account 

 •of the seal fisheries in the vicinity of St. Johns, Newfoundland, from 

 whence the specimen was obtained. 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited and commented on the dried carcass 

 •of a cat recently found in a heater pipe in a residence on Central Ave., 

 Tompkinsville, presented by Mr. John J. O'Doran. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, December 19, 1908 



The meeting was held in the reading room of the branch public library 

 at St. George. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



About twenty-eight persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of November 21, 1908, were read and 

 approved. 



The president announced the adoption by the Board of Aldermen of 

 the city budget for 1909, including an appropriation of $4,000 for the care 

 and maintenance of the museum and library of the Association. 



Scientific Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited specimens of limonite, talc, and chlorite, 

 from Todt Hill, and read a paper on " Geological Notes in Connection 

 with a Recent Lawsuit against the City." (Printed in full in this issue, 

 p. 144- ) 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited specimens and read a paper on " Staten 

 Island Grouse Locusts." (Printed in full in this issue, p. 148.) 



Mr. Davis also exhibited and read a memorandum on " Charred Wood 

 in a Concretion." (Printed in full in this issue, p. 149.) 



Dr. Arthur Hollick discussed the formation of concretions and geodes 

 and the conditions under which each are formed. 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited and discussed a collection of " burls " 

 from stems of ground hemlock trees, Taxus canadensis Marsh., collected 

 -on Mount Washington, N. H., and donated by Miss S. G. Kingsley. 



Mr. James Chapin exhibited a living specimen of a Carolina bat, Ves- 

 pertilio fuscus Beauv., recently captured in a house in New York, where 

 it was preparing to hibernate. Also a preserved specimen of a Georgia 



