74 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



The Birds of New Jersey^ 



As Staten Island is geographically a part of New Jersey, this 

 report should be of considerable use to our local naturalists. 

 Most of the plates have been reproduced from the works of 

 Wilson and Audubon, and the aim in the text " has been to pre- 

 sent keys and descriptions that will enable any one to identify birds 

 that he may see, to give a brief sketch of the more characteristic 

 habits of the common species, and at the same time to include 

 such facts and records on the distribution of all species as will 

 make the report a thoroughly up-to-date list of the birds of the 

 State." An extensive bibliography of New Jersey ornithology 

 is also given. 



W. T. D. 



Dowell's Violets of Staten Island^ 



In this paper we have, for the first time, the results of a study 

 of our local species of violets from the standpoint of modern 

 methods of scientific investigation, in consequence of which our 

 list of recognized species is considerably extended and a number 

 of new hybrid forms are added. Of the latter only those were 

 admitted which were kept under observation through at least one 

 season, and the author states that a number of others, of doubtful 

 identity, might have been included. The number of recognized 

 species is twenty-two, and the number of hybrids thirty, of which 

 latter ten are here described as new, eight of them being figured. 

 Each figure shows the entire plant, and they are exceptionally 

 good in regard to details, especially as regards the rootstocks 

 and the form and nervation of the leaves. 



It is of interest to note the significant remark of the author 

 that " It is not surprising ... to find so many hybrids, when we 

 consider the fact that the trees are being cut down in the wood- 



^ Witmer Stone. Report of the New Jersey State Museum, pp. 11-347. 

 plate 84. 1908. 



^The Violets of Staten Island. Philip Dowell, Bull. Torrey Club 37: 

 163-179. pis. 11-18. 29 Ap 1910. 



