Feb. igaS] proceedings s. i. assn. arts and sciences. 2g 



known to breed on Sable Island, about 90 miles off the coast of Xova 

 Scotia, but it winters southward along the Atlantic coast to \'irginia 

 and Georgia, thus including Staten Island in its winter range; although, 

 so far as I am aware, its occurence here has not been heretofore re- 

 ported. 



On the beach between New Dorp and Great Kills I observed single 

 individuals of this species on January 14th and February nth and 

 22nd, 1905, and two, or possibly three others on February 12th, igo6. 

 It appears therefore to occur quite regularly at this locality, and I 

 should suppose it might also be found all along the strip of beach 

 extending from South Beach to Great Kills, and possibly between 

 Great Kills and Tottenville, although this is less likely. 



Specimens Exhibited. 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a specimen of gneiss containing 

 stilbite, obtained from the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn tunnel at 

 the Battery and identified by Mr. Louis P. Gratacap. 



Mr. Davis also exhibited a specimen of Papilio troilus L. and a crab 

 spider. The Papilio was found dead with the living spider attached to 

 it. The latter had probably caused the death of the former. 



Mr. James Chapin exhibited photographs of the western chipmunk. 

 Eutamias guadrivittatus (Say), from Medicine Bow, Wyoming, 

 taken from the living specimens shown at the November meeting of 

 the Association. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner exhibited two grooved stone axes found at 

 Chelsea and an arrow point from Mariners Harbor, where a few 

 human bones, presumably of Indians, were also found. 



Mr. Skinner also exhibited a photograph of an excavated Indian 

 grave in Chautauqua Co. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited a specimen of dolomite, obtained by 

 Mr. Llewellyn W. Freeman in a street excavation in New Brighton, 

 which at first was thought might have been in place where found, but 

 which proved to be an old piece of masonry, as indicated by adhering 

 particles of mortar. 



Dr. Hollick also exhibited a piece of marble, transmitted by Mr. Ira 

 K. Morris, which had been found associated with Cretaceous lignite 

 and kaolin at Smoking Point, near Rossville, and which proved on 

 careful examination to be a fragment of an artificially cut slab. 



The Secretary read the following review of 



