bush”? or ‘‘shad flower,’? (Amelanchier) 
which occurs about the middle of April, 
other signs which indicate the time when 
the shad appear are the shad flies and the 
shad frogs. I have made no observations 
on the flies, but the shad frogs or leopard 
frogs, as they are quite frequently called, 
commence holding their conventions in 
the early part of April, often in the pools 
on the salt meadows that lie near to the 
upland. These are very noisy assem- 
blages, and one of the signs quite easy to 
readin Nature’s calendar. I have met 
with these frog gatherings on Old Place 
meadow on the oth, 14th and 16th of 
April. The wood frog holds its conven- 
tions too. early to be of much service as a 
“shad frog.’’ 
Dr. Arthur Hollick read the following 
notes on 
RECENT LITERATURE RELATING TO 
STATEN ISLAND. 
1. A Catalogue of the Cretaceous and 
Tertiary Planis of North America. F. H. 
Knowlton. Bull. No. 152, U. S. Geol. 
Surv., pamph. pp. 247 (1898.) 
The principal feature of interest and 
value to us, in this work, is that our local 
fossil plants all come within its scope and 
should therefor be included in it. This 
seems to have been accomplished by the 
author in every instance, except in the 
case of Phragmites Aquehongensis, which 
is omitted from the list of names, 
although curiously enough the title of the 
4 
article in which it was described is cor- 
rectly given in the bibliography which 
precedes the list. It may also be of inter- 
est to note that Myrica grandifolia Hollick, 
from Tottenville, is changed to Myrica 
Hollicki Ward, (See Am. Journ. Sci. Vol. 
XLV (1893) p. 437), on account of the 
name originally given having been pre- 
occupied by a foreign species. 
2. Bibliography and Index of North 
America Geology, Puleontology, Petrology, 
and Mineralogy for 1897. F. B. Weeks. 
Bull. No. 156, U. S. Geol. Surv., pamph. 
Pp. 130 (1898. ) 
This work is limited in its scope to 
publications which appeared during the 
year 1897, but it is a coincidence that dur- 
ing that year Phragmites Aquehongensis 
was described, and while it was omitted 
from the work previously noted, it 
appears in its proper sequence in this in- 
dex, with correct reference in the biblio- 
graphy. 
MINOR NOTES. 
Dr. Hollick also exhibited a specimen 
of Potentiila Anserina L., recently found 
by Dr. F. Hollick, at Sailor’s Snug Har- 
bor. The species was admitted into the 
original catalogue of Staten Island plants 
solely on the authority of a specimen con- 
tained iv the herbarium of the late Dr. 
Samuel Elliot, and probably collected 
about thirty-five years ago. Its redis- 
covery after so long a time is very grati- 
fying. 
