90 STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Island,” a statement of the “Staten Island of Today,” and twenty- 
four illustrations, all addressed to the homeseeker with a view to 
emphasizing the advantage of residence on Staten Island. The 
illustrations are admirably reproduced, and the text, prepared we 
understand (though it is unsigned) by James Nolan, chief clerk, 
Bureau of Buildings, is terse and to the point. 
Birp Lore, vol. XXII, 1920. 
The flight of longeared owls in February on Staten Island is 
noted by J. T. Nichols on p. 165. The Christmas census, taken 
by Ralph Friedman and Chas. H. Rogers from the ferryboat and 
in the Moravian Cemetery, is printed on p. 26-27, and similar 
Christmas reports have been printed in previous years. It is re- 
grettable that the additional report by Carol Stryker, field secretary 
Staten Island Bird Club, was omitted. 
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATEN ISLAND 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1921. 
This gives in condensed form a review of recent progress, 
statistics of banks, building loan associations, public utilities, in- 
dustries, educational, charitable, and religious institutions, civic 
societies and clubs. The list of clubs and societies, though incom- 
plete, will be especially useful. 
MusEumM BULLETIN, STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND 
Sciences, vol. I, II, III, 1919-1921. 
This bulletin, a continuation of preceding bulletins of Staten 
Island Association of Arts and Sciences, is issued monthly, except 
June and July, and records the principal museum activities with 
occasional short natural history items. Among the items that 
especially merit notice are: Visit of Dr. Arthur H. Graves, investi- 
gating the chestnut blight. Torrey Botanical Club excursion to 
Arlington. Display of mounted animal heads and exotic birds. 
