IV. 



Bv William T. Davis. 



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Location of Lake's Island 8 



Notes on the red squirrel 14 



A practical method of tyingf pamphlets in bundles 15 



The catalpa sphinx 24 



Botanical notes 27 



Fresh-water spong-es from a pond near Richmond 32 



Shell pellets found on the beech near Oakwood 32 



Aberrant forms of Rudbeckia hirta L 35 



The influence of winter on the hig"h-water shrub 75 



The barn owl on Staten Island 84 



The seventeen-year locust on Staten Island in igo6 91 



A cache of Indian flints 93 



An addition to the list of hybrid oaks . 97 



Noteworthy Staten Island insects, with additions to the local lists.. 104 



The disappearing" wild plants of Staten Island 108 



Time of arrival of the barn swallow on Staten Island 112 



A new species of tree cricket 135 



By Philip Dozvell. 



Botanical notes 37 



Distribution of ferns on Staten Island 61 



By Stafford C. Edivards. 

 An interesting" Staten Island fungus (PI. I.) 95 



By Arthnr Hoi lick. 



A newl}^ discovered outcrop of Triassic rock on Staten Island 16 



A fossil forest fire 21 



Insect borings in Cretaceous lignite from Kreischerville 23 



A soapstone drift bowlder containing- magnetite 31 



Two old publications relating to Staten Island and vicinity 43 



Document submitted on behalf of the Association, in connection with 

 the celebration by the New York Academy of Sciences of the 

 200th anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus 127 



By Ira K. Morris. 



The old ferry and coach routes between New York and Philadelphia, 

 via Staten Island 5 



By Ala7isou Skimmer. 







An Indian skeleton from Mariners' Harbor 67 



A list of the collections of Staten Island archeologic material now 

 extant 89 



