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Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



predated." In a total membership of over three hundred only 

 fifty-two have thus far responded. The result will be announced 

 at the forthcoming meeting of the Association, and the members 

 present will have an opportunity to discuss the matter and to pro- 

 pose any amendment to the by-laws which may be deemed advis- 

 able. Such amendment will then be submitted to vote at the 

 next meeting of the Association in November. 



The fourth meeting of the Staten Island Bird Lovers' Club 

 was held at the museum on Friday, September 25, and proved so 

 interesting that the session was prolonged until nearly six o'clock, 

 Plans for the purchase and distribution of quantities of winter 

 food for wild birds were adopted and means discussed for fur- 

 nishing the schools of the Island with bird feeding stations so that 

 the children may become interested in the work. The members 

 were shown an example of the cocoanut food station which is 

 simple but effective. It consists of an ordinary cocoanut sus- 

 pended in a horizontal position by means of a wire— one end of 

 the nut having been cut off, the milk drained away and the in- 

 terior filled with chopped beef suet and English walnuts. A reso- 

 lution was passed calling for the purchase and preparation of a 

 hundred cocoanuts previous to the November meeting of the club, 

 these to be distributed to the members and others who might 

 place them to advantage either near their homes or in the wood- 

 lands of the Island. The meeting was well attended, there being 

 twenty-nine members and visitors present. Any who have an in- 

 terest in the birds will be heartily welcomed as members, the fees 

 being as follows : Active member, 50c. annually ; associate mem- 

 ber, $1.00 annually ; life member, $25.00, payable at one time. 

 Checks or post office money orders may be mailed to the treas- 

 urer, Miss Ida F. Thies, Barrett Manor, Rosebank, N. Y. 



The following persons have made donations to the museum 

 and library since the last issue of the Bulletin : Howard R. Bayne, 

 Wm. T. Davis, Arthur Hollick, New Brighton ; H. Sherman In- 

 galls, West New Brighton ; L. L. Tribus, Clifton ; Calvin D. Van 

 Name, Mariners Harbor ; N. L. Britton, Wm. A. Murrill, New York 

 City. Among these gifts are two additions to the library which 

 are of great value to the staff of the museum, as well as to stu- 

 dents who may desire to make use of them. One of these is the 

 latest edition of Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora, in three 

 volumes, a gift from Dr. N. L. Britton; and the other is the 

 second part of the Birds of New York, a large volume with many 

 plates, given by Hon. Calvin D. Van Name. 



