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ilar visitation of these finches, but in greater numbers. The beach at 

 Oakwood has seemed *rery attractive to them, for there they could find 

 abundant food in the seeds of a large goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens L. 



Probably the last time before this winter that redpolls visited this 

 Island in large numbers was the winter of 1887-8, when they attracted 

 the attention of Mr. Wm. T. Davis. On Dec. i, igo6, near Woodrow, 

 I was surprised by a solitary redpoll, but not until Feb. 10, 1907, at 

 Watchogue, did I see any more. Since then, however, they have 

 appeared at Richmond, New Springville, and in the Clove Valley, 

 where the last were seen on March 9. The seeds of the white birch 

 and alder seem to constitute a large percentage of their food, although 

 the one seen on Dec. i was busy extracting the seeds of the sweet-gum. 



While pine grosbeaks and crossbills w^ere reported as quite numerous 

 in Massachusetts and on Long Island, still my search for them on 

 Staten Island was unrewarded. Homed larks, Otocoris alpesiris (Linn.), 

 were far less common this winter than during the two previous winters, 

 only one flock of any size being observed. Mr. Cleaves reports snow 

 buntings, Passerina nivalis (Linn.), at Princes Bay, January 6, Feb- 

 ruary 12, and March 3, 1907, and on March 15, I saw two at 

 Great Kills. 



On the beach near Oakwood, March 2, 1907, I had two good views 

 with a field-glass of a glaucous gull, Lartis glauciis (Brunn.). Staten 

 Island lies at the southern limit of this bird's winter range, and this is, 

 I believe, the first one to be reported from here. 



A few other birds of interest are: a saw-whet owl, Cryptoglaux 

 acadica (Gmel.), and three northern shrikes, Lanius borealis VieilL, 

 which were noted; but the most interesting records are doubtless those 

 of the red-w-inged blackbirds, kingfisher, and the redpolls. 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited specimens and read the following 

 paper: 



NOTEWORTHY STATEN ISLAND INSECTS, WITH ADDITIONS 

 TO THE LOCAL LISTS. 



Conocephalus lyristes Rehn. Two specimens of this cone-headed 

 grasshopper, which is an addition to the local list, have been found on 

 the Island. One was observed last August engaged in eating the 

 seeds at the top of a tall culm of Panicutn Crus-galli L. in a marsh 

 near Long Neck. 



Conocephalus atlanticus Bruner. Several specimens that appear to 

 belong to this species, which resembles small C. triops L. (C dissimilis 



