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Mr. William T. Davis exhibited specimens and read notes on "Addi- 

 tions to the List of Staten Island Orthoptera." (Printed in full in this 

 issue, p. 193.) 



Mr. Davis also exhibited a living larval eel, and gave an account of 

 recent discoveries in regard to the breeding habits of eels. 



Mr. Davis, on behalf of Mr. Thomas Letts, presented for publication a 

 " List of Eighteen Titles of Old Maps on which Staten Island is Shown," 

 compiled from the collection belonging to the American Geographical 

 Society. (Printed in full in this issue, p. 195.) 



Mr. James Chapin presented local notes on the nesting of the red- 

 shouldered hawk, Butco lineatus (Gmel.), fish hawk, Pandion halicetus 

 carolinensis (Gmel.), and barred owl, Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.), and 

 on the occurrence of the saw-whet owl, Nyctala acadica (Gmel.), from 

 observations made during the present spring. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner presented notes on Staten Island salamanders and 

 stated that recent extensive burning of the woodlands was causing them 

 to become more and more scarce each year. 



Mr. Chapin stated that the note of the swamp tree-toad, Chorophilus 

 triseriatus, had been heard this spring near Annadale. 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard called attention to the collection of Staten 

 Island birds' eggs recently arranged and placed on exhibition. Also a 

 collection of lepidoptera recently received in exchange from Mr. George 

 P. Engelhardt, of the Brooklyn Institute Children's Museum. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Annual Meeting, May 15, 1909 



The fourth annual meeting of the Association was held in room 309, 

 Borough Hall, St. George. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



About forty-five persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of April 17, 1909, were read and approved. 



The annual report of the Board of Trustees, including reports of the 

 Executive, Auditing, and Publication Committees, and of the Curator-in- 

 chief, were read and ordered placed on file. 



The annual report of the Treasurer was read and ordered placed on file. 



The annual report of the Secretary was read and ordered placed on file. 



The President stated that the next order of business was the election 

 of four trustees, to serve for a term of three years, to fill the vacancies 

 caused by the expiration of the terms of Howard R. Bayne, Arthur Hol- 

 lick, William T. Davis and Charles A. Ingalls, and called for a report 

 from the committee on nominations. 



The committee submitted the following report : 



The undersigned committee begs leave to recommend for election to 

 the Board of Trustees of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sci- 

 ences the following named gentlemen, to succeed themselves : Hon. Howard 



