MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten Hsland association of Arts and Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 



No. 40. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. NOVEMBER J9JJ. 



THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



Will be held in the assembly hall of the museum on Saturday evening, 

 November 18, 1911, at 8:15 o'clock. Mr. Howard H. Cleaves will give an 

 illustrated lecture on "The sea birds of the Virginia coast islands." 



J. Q. Adams 



Acting Secretary 



The children's lectures on natural science topics, begun on October 27, are 

 proving highly successful. The assembly hall is filled to its capacity every Fri- 

 day, and the audience pay eager attention to the talk as well as to the beautiful 

 slides thrown on the screen. The lectures are given at 4 o'clock, the doors be- 

 ing open ten minutes before that hour. 



The present course will conclude on November 17. and course 2, on 

 "Winter birds" will begin the following week, the special topics being as follows: 

 November 24, "Sparrows and finches," December 1, "The crow, bluejay, and 

 others;" December 8, "Gulls, ducks and grebes;" December 15, "How to at- 

 tract winter birds." 



This course will also be given by Mr. Cleaves. 



The cabinet containing Staten Island butterflies and moths has been 

 temporarily removed from the local biology room in order to permit the addition 

 of material collected the past summer. Its place has been filled by a case of 

 marine algae or seaweeds, mostly of the species found in New York Bay. 

 These seaweeds are floated out on cards, and when dried under pressure retain 

 their beautiful colors almost unimpaired. 



The museum is now as well protected from the danger of fire as may be 

 possible in a non-fire proof building. A Minimax chemical extinguisher has 

 been installed on each floor, and sixteen fire buckets are located in suitable pos- 

 itions throughout the building. Fire tools are placed conveniently on the first 

 floor. 



Mr. William T. Davis, honorary curator of zoology, left for Florida on 

 November 1, for a three weeks' collecting trip. He was accompanied by Mr 

 Charles W. Leng, honorary curator of Coleoptera in the American Museum of 

 Natural History, and by Dr. F. E. Lutz, assistant curator of invertebrates. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Postofrice at New Brighton, N. Y., under Act of Congress of July i6, i8g4. 



