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Page 



Notes in Connection with a Recent Lawsuit against the City. Geo- 

 logical 144, 166 



on a Captive Saw-whet Owl 155, 168, 177 



" Migratory Birds. Local 185 



" New Jersey Amphibians and Reptiles 47, 102 



" Some Staten Island Mammals 65 



" Staten Island Plants 161, 168 



" the Purple Sandpiper and Hooded Merganser 143, 166 



" Young Owls and Hawks. Local 132, 165 



Notes, references and brief mention 



Auto-graflex camera 226 



Bedspread brought from China in 1784 167 



Bella moth. Variations in forms of the 226 



Birds' eggs. Exhibit of Staten Island 208 



" near Portland, Maine 170 



Blacksnake seen on April 23 226 



Box tortoises. Numbering and recording of 209 



Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Work of the 43 



Brunnich's murre. Local occurrence and migration of 176 



Bufo americana and B. fozvleri 227 



" Burls " on the stems of Taxus Canadensis 166 



Carolina and Georgia bats 166 



Certificate of honorable discharge of John Britton from the 



military service of the United States 104 



Chestnut fungus. Jelly-like streamers of the 171 



Clam and mussel shells transported by crows 207 



Coleoptera. Notes on interesting 228 



Concretions and geodes 166 



Concretion from Kreischerville. A vase-shaped 43 



Coral pebbles and coral rock from Jamaica 165 



Council of Staten Island Clubs. Application for membership in 



the 165 



Crows' eggs from Staten Island 226 



Dahlia. History of the cultivation of the 102 



Deed to and grant of lands in Pennsylvania 104 



Determination and formation of sex and species. Factors in the 177 



Dolomite from the foundation wall of the Hotel Castleton 45 



Drift and serpentine rocks recently collected 42 



Eels. Breeding habits of 207 



Falcon. Eating habits of the English 177 



Fly larva? on mice and rabbits 170 



" in the ears of young hawks 136 



Fossil plants and lignite from Kreischerville 42 



Frogs. Spring notes on green and pickerel 175 



Fungus growth on cat dung 177 



Grasses and sedges introduced in ballast 226 



