140 



Raccoon shot near Silver Lake 87 



/^kus vernix from Clove Lake swamp ' 34 



Serpentine rock from Staten Island ; analysis 78 



Short-eared owl from Prince's Bay 98 



Stilbite in gneiss from the Battery, Manhattan 29 



"The principles of bird flight," Miss M. Cline 19 



The Staten Islander, September 11, 1847 25 



Tuberculosis hospital on Staten Island 25 



Turtles of Staten Island 76 



Variegated popcorn 98 



Woodpeckers' work on sumac branches v 45 



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



Oaks, — An addition to the list of hybrid 97 



Ornithological review of the winter of 1906-7, — An 102 



Outcrop of Triassic rock on Staten Island, — A newly discovered..'. 16 



Pamphlets in bundles, — A practical method of tying 15 



Pine mouse, — A Staten Island record for the northern 94 



Publications relating to Staten Island and vicinity, — ^Two old 43 



Red squirrel, — Notes on the 14 



Reports: 

 Committees 



Anmial prize for work in natural science 54. 



Auditing 49, 121 



Celebration and commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary of the organization of the Natural Science Associ- 

 ation of Staten Island 82 



Constitution and by-laws. . . . 2,3 



Executive — 48, 120 



Historical tablet in Borough Hall 83 



Local water supply 55 



Nominations of trustees •■ 54,127 



Publication... 31, 49, 122 



Public lecture 107 



Officers 



Corresponding Secretary ..,...} 50, 123 



Honorary Curator 5 1 , 1 23 



Recording Secretary 50, 123 



Treasurer 50, 122 



Trustees — 47, 119 



Resolutions: 



Act of incorporation, — Accepting and adopting the 2 



By-laws, — Amending the 84, 107, 108 



Constitution and By-laws, — Adopting the 3 



Destruction of native vegetation, — Authorizing the appointment 



of a committee on 107 



Nominations of trustees, — Authorizing the appointment of a 



committee on 107 



Organization, on November 12, 1881, of the Natural Science 

 Association of Staten Island, — Directing the consideration 



