VOL. Ill October 1910-February 191 i Part 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



EDITED BY 



PHITJl' DO WELL, ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. DAVIS 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



CONTEN"TS 



Changes and Inconsistencies in the Spelling of Local Place Names by 



the United States Geological Survey Arthur Hollick io ; 



Miscellaneous Observations on the Natural History of Long Island, 



N. Y William T. Davis i i.^ 



The Least Shrew in Captivity Howard H. Cleaves i im 



The Seventeen-year Cicada on Staten Island between the Years 1894 



and 1911 WiM.iAM T, Davis ijo 



The Possibilities and Limitations of Nature Study in the Public 



Schools Howard H . Cleaves U3 



Conservation, the National Issue Ch \klks Loiis Pollard 12S 



Our Forest Trees Carl Philip Don ell 144 



Records of Meetings ' -1'^ 



[Issued February 15, 1912] 



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