MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OP THE 



g>taiim Jslatto Assisoriaium of Arts ano Btunttz 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



NHW 

 BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF BOTA! 



No. 58. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. MAY, 1913 GAR 



THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyvesant Place, St. 

 George, on Saturday evening, May 17, 1913, at 8:15 o'clock. Reports of 

 officers and of the Board of Trustees will be presented, and five trustees will 

 be elected to fHl vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of Messrs. 

 John Q. Adams, John De Morgan, Stafford C. Edwards, James R. "Walsh and 

 William G. Willcox. 



J. Q. ADAMS, 



Acting Secretary. 



At the meeting of the Section of Art on Friday evening, April 11, 1913, 

 the following officers were elected: Chairman, J. Q. Adams; Vice-chairman, 

 Frederick Marshall ; Recorder, Miss Agnes L. Pollard. 



The museum Boy Scouts of the St. George troop gave a very successful 

 entertainment and exhibition of scoutcraft in the Unitarian Parish-Hall on May 

 3. Address.es were made by President Howard R. Bayne and by Mr. Lorillard 

 Spencer, Scout Commissioner of the New York City Council, who expressed 

 himself as much pleased with the excellent showing made by the boys. The 

 troop has been asked to co-operate with the committee on tree preservation 

 of the Staten Island Civic League. 



One day last week the museum was called up on the telephone by a gen- 

 tleman who has contributed specimens at various times. He stated that a 

 large lizard had been washed ashore on the beach and suggested that it might 

 be desirable for the museum. When the animal was brought in it proved 

 to be a West Indian iguana about four feet long, in fairly good condition. 

 It had probably formed part of a cargo of live animals and having died on 

 the voyage was cast overboard as the ship neared port. 



The iguana is a characteristic reptile in Cuba and other West Indian 

 Islands. It is entirely harmless, being entirely vegetarian in its food, and 

 its flesh is quite highly esteemed, being said to have the flavor of chicken. 



Accessions during April were received from Miss Laura Barrett, Howard 

 R. Bayne, Carl Bloemstrom, Brooklyn Public Library, Buffalo Society of 

 Natural Sciences, Carnegie Institute, Mrs. Hobart Clark, Howard H. Cleaves, 

 Sir Edward Durning Lawrence, Arthur Hollick, Charles Humphrey, Charles 

 Janet, Ralph McKee, Municipal Art Commission, C. E. Olsen, Charles L. Pollard, 

 Robert G. Shaw Post, G.A.R., Alanson Skinner, G. A. Skryzneki, William 

 Standerwick, Raymond Wheeler, U. S. Department of the Interior. 



Entered as 2d-class matter in the P.O. at New Brighton, N. Y., under Act of Congress, July 16, 1904 



