Records of Meetings 



Regular Meeting, March 20, 1909 



The meeting was held in room 309, Borough Hall, St. George. 

 First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair. 

 About twenty persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of February 20, 1909, were read and 

 approved. 



Scientific Program 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited a series of specimens and gave an 

 account of the silk moths of North America. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited herbarium specimens and read " Notes on 

 Recently Introduced Grasses and Sedges." (Printed in full in this issue, 

 p. 189.) 



Mr. James Chapin exhibited specimens and read " Local Notes on Migra- 

 tory Birds." (Printed in full in this issue, p. 185.) 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a collection of shells of soft clams, 

 edible mussels, and other molluscs, picked up in woods and along fence 

 lines near the south shore of the island, where they were apparently 

 carried and dropped by crows after the contents had been eaten. A rela- 

 tively large amount of such material is distributed in this manner. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, April 17, 1909 



The meeting was held in room 309, Borough Hall, St. George. 



The meeting was called to order by First Vice-President William T. 

 Davis. 



About thirty-four persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of March 20, 1909, were read and approved 



President Howard R. Bayne arrived and took the chair. 



On motion the President was authorized to appoint a committee on 

 nominations to suggest -candidates for trustees to be voted for at the 

 annual meeting of the Association. 



Scientific Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited a section of a maple tree limb infected 

 with a fungus, and read a paper on "A Maple Tree Fungus." (Printed 

 in full in this issue, p. 190.) 



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