NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN ClA 8C1

MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in Meeting Room #2 in the Provincial Health Building. (Enter through the parking garage and ask the Commissionaire for directions).

MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting Margaret Mallett, 53 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. ClA 1R4 (894- 9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular - $4; student - $2; family - $5. Renewals are due in early January.

1986 EXECUTIVE: President...........Rosemary Curley, Waterside 651—2585 Vice-President..........Terry Power, Grandview 651—2244

Past President............Jane Symmes, Bonshaw 675-4806 Sec/Treasurer...Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown894-9595

assisted by.......Joyce MacLeod, Charlottetown 894-4182 Directors............Pat Doyle, Charlottetown, 866-1171

........Sue Stephenson, Charlottetown 894-5995

NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, draw- ings, etc. are welcomed from members. If you have seen anything unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observations re- corded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to:

Gary Schneider,

P.O. Box 879,

Montague, P.E.I. COA 1R0

Phone: 962-2516

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assist- ance from the Department of TranSportation and Public Works which en- ables the newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries as well as to members.

The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Canadian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit organization. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint ar- ticles appearing in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated.

VTHIS MONTH’S coy-fawn

The SPOTTED SALAMANDER (Ambystoma maculatum) will be sought out one damp April night by NHS members on the annual Amphibian Field Trip. The large (6-8" long) salamander has black to bluish black ground colour with yellew spots. They can be seen in the spring migrating to ponds.