VOL. Ill 



March-May, 191 1 



Part IV 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



i JUNl 



EDITED BY 



PHILIP DOWELL, ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. DAVIS 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



^^nal Wu55^' 



CONTENTS 



Salt Meadow Beetles Charles W. Lent; 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. Aboriginal Place N^mes of New York. 

 Acquisition by New York City of the Larger Two Water Systems of Staten 

 Island. The Fossil Flora of New York and Vicinity. Two Popular Articles 

 on the Chestnut Disease. Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences Pub- 

 lic Museum. A New Pi-epinus from Martha's Vineyard. The Toads of the 

 Northeastern United States. The Kingfisher at home. The Bird of the Silent 

 Wing. Staten Island Bird Notes and Pictures. On the Affinities of the Genus 



Yfzonia. The Affinities of Getnt/zia graii7/iwct ... 173 



Records of Meetings 181 



Annual Reports 183 



Index '97 



[Issued April 25, 1912] 



The New Era Printing Company 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



