TABLE OF CONTENTS V 



Part III. October-Fehruarv, 191 i 



Issued February 15, 19 12 



Page 



Changes and Inconsistencies in the Spelhng of Local Place 

 Names by the United States Geological Survey. 



Arthur Hollick 109 

 Miscellaneous Observations on the Natural History of Long 



Island, N. Y William T. Davis 113 



The Least Shrew in Captivity Howard H. Cleaves 116 



The Seventeen-year Cicada on Staten Island between the 



Years 1894 and 191 1 William T. Davis 120 



The Possibilities and Limitations of Nature Study in the 



Public Schools Howard H. Cleaves 123 



Conservation, the National Issue.. .Charles Louis Pollard 128 



Our Forest Trees Carl Philip Dowell 144 



Records of Meetings 



Regular ^Meeting, October 15, 1910 148 



Regular Meeting, November 19, 1910 150 



Regular IMeeting, December 17, 1910 150 



Regular ^Meeting, January 21, 19 11 151 



Regular Meeting, February 18, 1911 152 



Part IV. March-May, 191 i 



Issued April 25, 1912 



Salt Meadow Beetles Charles W. Leng 153 



Additions to the Flora of Staten Island. . . .Philip Dowell 156 



Notes on Some Staten Island Ferns Philip Dowell 163 



John J. Crooke : a Staten Island Naturalist, William T. Davis 169 

 Literature Relating to Staten Island 



List of New York Mineral Localities 173 



Aboriginal Place Names of New York 173 



Acquisition by New York City of the Larger Two Water 



Systems of Staten Island 174 



The Fossil Flora of New York and Vicinity 175 



Two Popular Articles on the Chestnut Disease 175 



