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cisims and suggestions are requested, and, 
so far as Staten Island is concerned, both 
should be forthcoming. 
It would be interesting to learn, in the 
first place, how the names in the list as a 
whole were obtained or selected. In regard 
to our locality it is difficult, for example, to 
understand why certain names were omit- 
ted, such as Stapleton, Port Richmond, New 
Dorp and New Brighton, when Tompkins- 
ville, Tottenville, Kreischerville and Ross- 
ville are included. A more or less careful 
scrutiny, has failed to reveal any names that 
are connected with our important natural 
features, such as the Narrows, the Kill van 
Kull, etc., although these are in constant use 
in commerce and navigation and have far 
more than a mere local interest attached to 
them, The names Castleton, Westfield and 
Northfield look familiar but they all refer 
t> towns elsewhere than on Staten Island. 
Clifton is listed as a ‘‘village in Green Coun- 
ty, Ohio, named from the cliffs which bound 
the river at this point,” but our Clifton, 
named from the steep banks which face the 
the bay, is ignored. 
In its relation to Staten Island, however, the 
reason for the incompleteness may be readily 
understood when the list of authorities and 
acknowledgements is scanned, There is no 
reference to our Proceedings or to any 
member of the Association and no hint as 
to how or through whom the few local 
names listed were obtained. 
Tf a new edition of the the work is contem- 
plated we would suggest that the compiler 
begin by consulting a file of our Proceedings, 
paying particular attention to Vol. v, No. 5, 
Special No. 21 (Staten Island Names. Ye 
Olde Names and Nicknames) and also that 
he place himself in communication with those 
of our members who are specially interested 
in our local history. Such a course of pro- 
cedure would seem to be the logical one to 
pursue in any attempt to compile a work of 
this kind, and it might lead to the correction 
of the misnomer ‘‘Princess Bay,” adopted 
some years ago by the United States Geologi- 
cal Survey to designate Prince's Bay, appar- 
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ently in order to obviate the use of the poses- 
sive, which is one of their rules of geographic 
nomenclature. The application of this mis- 
chievious ruie would of course necessitate the 
the change to “Prince Bay” but could not 
possibly sanction the substitution of the word 
“Princess,” which entirely eliminates the 
family name of Prince, from which the bay 
derived its name. 
Dr. Hollick called attention to two speci- 
mens of Drift bowiders and read the follow- 
ing memorandum in connection with the 
same ; 
TWO ADDITIONS TO OUR LIST OF DRIFT 
FOSSILS, 
At our meeting of April 12th, 1902, it may 
be remembered that some fragments of Drift 
bowlders, containing fossils, collected by 
Mr, Leavitt C. Parsons, on Harbor Hill, were 
shown by Mr. Hillyer, These have been 
donated to our museum and have recently 
been subjected to critical examination. One 
is Lower Helderberg limestone, containing 
Stropheodonta sp? and the other is Chemung 
sandstone, composed almost entirely of the 
remains of brachiopods, amongst which are 
Spirifer mesistriais Hall and S, mesacostalis 
Hall. 
This latter specimen is of special interest 
to us as it represents the first indication which 
we have been able to record of the occurrence 
of Chemung sandstone as one of our Drift 
elements, It alsoaddstwo new species to 
cur list of Drift fossils. 
SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 
Mr. A. B, Skinner exhibited specimens of 
indian implements and _ pottery, representing 
recent collections in the vicinity of Linoleum- 
ville, Watchogue, Mariners’ Harbor, Silver 
Lake and on Pavillion and Ward's Hills. 
Mr. Chas. Humphrey exhibited a collect- 
ion of butterflies, made personally while in 
the Dutch East Indies. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited living speci- 
mens of Branchipus, collected on Feb. 12th, 
in a pond near the Black Horse Tavern; also 
mounted specimen of Cuéerebra (Rabbit Bot- 
fly) together with a bumble bee for comparison, 
and gave an account of the life history of 
each species. 
