Proceedings of the Section of Biology 



First Meeting, June 17, 1908 



At the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Staten Island 

 Association of Arts and Sciences on June 9, 1908, the organiza- 

 tion of a Section of Biology of the Association was authorized. 

 In accordance therewith, the following members met on Wednes- 

 day evening, June 17, 1908, at the home of Mr. Charles L. Pol- 

 lard in Jackson Park, New Brighton, and organized the Section 

 of Biology of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences : 

 Messrs. James Chapin, Howard H. Cleaves, William T. Davis, 

 Philip Dowell, Stafford C. Edwards, Charles L. Pollard. 



Charles L. Pollard was elected chairman of the section and 

 Philip Dowell recorder. 



It was decided to have occasional field meetings during the 

 summer and regular monthly meetings after October 1. The 

 first field meeting was proposed for Tuesday evening, June 23, 

 at Princes Bay. 



Mr. James Chapin showed some plants collected by him during 

 a recent trip in the vicinity of Seaford, Delaware. Of special 

 interest among these were specimens of Alnus maritime/, (Marsh.) 

 Mnhl., the seaside .alder. 



October 10, 1908 



The meeting was held in the museum, the program consisting 

 of informal reports by members on their experiences afield during 

 the summer. 



Mr. William T. Davis showed a number of interesting speci- 

 mens with comments on each. 



Mr. James Chapin showed a skull and study skin of the wood 

 rat from Newfoundland, N. J., and commented on its occurrence 

 in that locality and on the differences between this species and the 



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