Proceedings of the Section of Biology 



March 12, 1910 



The meeting was held in the museum. About 90 persons were 

 in attendance. 



The scientific program consisted of a lecture ;by Mr. Bristow 

 S. Adams, of the Forest Service, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, on the topic: A Prodigal Nation, freely illustrated 

 by handsomely colored stereopticon illustrations. The speaker 

 described the destruction of the forests and made an eloquent 

 plea for their conservation. 



April 9, 1910 



The meeting was held at the home of the chairman, Mr. Charles 

 L. Pollard, New Brighton. William T. Davis was elected chair- 

 man and Philip Dowell was reelected as recorder. 



A communication was read, in the form of a letter, regarding 

 the desirability of securing better protection for our native birds. 

 A discussion followed on the desirability of more general con- 

 servation of nature. The chairman was authorized to draft a 

 circular in the interest of conservation to be printed and mailed, 

 also a paster to warn against and discourage the burning of our 

 forests. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves exhibited photographs showing some 

 views of forest fires in the vicinity of Oakwood, Staten Island, 

 October 12, 1909; also a photograph showing the nesting place of 

 a pair of redwing blackbirds. In connection with the last he 

 read a note on the nesting habits of these birds, entitled The Red- 

 wing Changes Its Nesting Site. (Printed in full in this issue, 

 p. 71.) He showed also some photographs of the white-breasted 

 nuthatch. 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard reported the acquisition by the museum 

 of a specimen of the short-eared owl, Asio accipitrinus, from 

 Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick showed herbarium specimens of plants 

 collected in ballast ground near Arlington, Staten Island, some 

 of which were new to the island flora. 



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