MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten flsfand Association of Arts and Sciences 



L1BK 

 EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 



No. 21. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. APRIL, 1910. 



THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the Museum, Borough Hall, St. George, on Saturday evening, 

 April 16, iqio, at 8.15. The program will be of a general nature, and members 

 are invited to present communications. 



Arthur Hollick, 

 Secretary. 



On the following Saturday evening, April 23. at 8.30, a free public lecture 

 will be given under the auspices of the Section of Art by Mr. R. T. H. Halsey, 

 of New York, a well known member of the Municipal Art Commission. His 

 subject will be "American silversmiths of the seventeenth and eighteenth centu- 

 ries and their work." The lecture will be illustrated by an unusually fine series 

 of lantern slides, and promises to be another rare treat for members of the 

 Association and the general public. It will be preceded at eight o'clock by the 

 annual meeting of the Section of Art for the election of officers, etc. 



At its stated meeting on April 2 the Board of Trustees elected Miss Saxer 

 and Mrs. Jere. W. Wright, both of New Brighton, active members of the Asso- 

 ciation. Mr. Robert P. Dow, of New York City, was elected a Patron in 

 recognition of his gift of exotic butterflies, etc. to the Museum, the value of 

 which was found by the Committee on Accessions to exceed $200.00 



The Section of Biology has elected Mr. William T. Davis, Chairman and 

 Dr. Philip Dowell, Recorder for the ensuing year. 



The Museum has received some interesting and valuable specimens of local 

 mammals, reptiles and batrachians from Dr. Philip Dowell. Among them is a 

 Least shrew ( Blarina parva) one of the only two specimens taken here. The 

 short-eared owl ( Asio accipitrinus) mention of which was made in the February 

 Bulletin, has been mounted and placed on exhibition. 



The present week concludes the remarkable exhibit of old samplers, and we 

 hope that all members who have not availed themselves of the privilege hereto- 

 fore of seeing the collection will attend the meeting of the Association on 

 Saturday night for that purpose, and will advertise the matter among their 

 friends. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Post office at New Brighton, N.Y., under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



