Natural History Records from the Meetings of the Staten Island 
Nature Club? 
WILLIAM T. DAVIS 
The meeting of June 22, 1921, was held in the woods at the 
Staten Island Bird Club cabin, from 6 p.m. until dark. Supper 
was prepared about a campfire. 
Dr. E. P. Felt, N. Y. State Entomologist, was present, and he 
was much interested in the large and showy dragonflies (Anavr 
lengipes Hagen) inhabiting the Ink-well Pond, near the cabin. 
In the quiet warm afternoon three males and one female of this 
species were flying over the pond. At dusk they were still flying 
about when they could barely be seen, and it was noticed that the 
female was laying eggs 1n the masses of Hypnuim moss which just 
rose to the surface of the water. One of the males was captured 
and presented to the State of New York, as this desirable species 
was lacking in the collection at Albany. 
The meeting of September 30, 1921, was held at the residence 
of the president, Miss Miriam A. Campbell, 275 Watchogue Road, 
Westerleigh. 
Mr. Charles W. Leng told of a meeting held at his home recently 
between members of the Staten Island Bird Club and a committee 
from the Northfield Gun and Game Protective Association relative 
to the cooperation of the two societies in preserving wild life and 
preventing violations of the game laws on Staten Island. 
Mr. Edward J. Burns exhibited the following raré flies: Cute- 
rebra cuniculi Clark, Sand’s point, Long Island, July 2, 1921; 
Paraclius ornatus Van Duzee, Palisades, N. J., July 5, 1920, and 
Mixogaster breviventris Kahl., Lake Oskawana, N. Y., Septem- 
ber 4, 1921. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis showed photographs of an osprey’s nest, 
taken June 24, 1921. The nest was in a lone dead tree near the 
old British fort beyond Richmond, and near the end of the Fresh 
1 These records have been largely compiled from the minutes of the chlo, 
Edward J. Burns secretary. 
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