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Museum Bulletin 



THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held on SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1916, 

 at 8:15 o'clock, in the assembly room of the Museum building, 

 154 Stuyvesant Place, Saint George. 



The program will be arranged by the Section of Applied 

 Science. The lecturer previously announced for the evening, 

 Mr. Thomas Hastings, has been unexpectedly called away from 

 New York and will not be able to be present. 



Visitors are welcome at all regular meetings of the Associa- 

 tion, and members are urged to invite to the meetings any friends 

 who may express a desire to attend. Light refreshments are 

 served and an informal reception is held, by the Woman's Auxili- 

 ary Committee, after the adjournment of each meeting. 



Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



The Next Stated Meeting of the Section of Applied 

 Science will be held on Saturday evening, February 5, 1916, 

 in the assembly room of the Museum building. Mr. E. M. Boyer 

 will deliver an address on Cement Manufacture. 



The third course of free illustrated lectures for children 

 began on Friday January 7, with a lecture by Mr. C. R. Tucker, 

 on " A Visit to the Wisconsin Indians." The remainder of the 

 schedule is as follows: January 14, "A Little Journey through 

 Holland to Switzerland," Mrs. F. W. Skinner; January 21, "The 

 Story of the Telephone," Mr. G. F. Hafstrom ; January 28, " The 

 Statue of Liberty," Mr. Carl E. Tefft. 



On Tuesday, December 28, the regular meeting of Rich- 

 mond County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 

 was held at the Britton Cottage. Mrs. T. Livingstone Kennedy, 

 regent of the chapter, presided, and seventeen members and 

 guests were present. Dr. Arthur Hollick represented the Asso- 

 ciation and explained the approved policy of the Board of Trustees 

 in tendering the Cottage to the several local chapters of the 

 Daughters as a meeting place, in return for their proffered assist- 

 ance in contributing to the furnishing of the Cottage with mater- 

 ial suitable to it. 



" How many birds are there on Staten Island ?" is one of the 

 questions asked by visitors at the Museum. This inquiry is not 

 easily answered, as may be gathered from the following. Proba- 

 bly 200 species might be noted on the island if diligent search 

 were made throughout the twelve months of the year. Of these 

 about 70 remain here to rear their young. At the height of 



