NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. 9.0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. ClA 8C1

MEETINGS are held of the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August, and September) at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm‘Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring your coffee cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream.

Membership is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting Sue Stephenson, Charlottetown RR # l, 285 Kinlock Road, P.E.I. ClA 7J6 (phone 569-5212). Annual membership rates are : $12. Renewals are due in January. Membership expiry dates are in the top right hand corner of the mailing label.

The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members. 1992 Executive: President.............-Barbara Currie, Charlottetown ‘894—9297 Vice-President...........Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569-2665 Past President....Patrick Wootton, Sharam Point 892-5761 962-3641 Secretary.................Carolyn Meincke, Charlottetown 368-1704 Treasurer........................Sue Stephenson, Kinlock 569-5212 Directors.......................Roberta Palmer,-Brackley 368-1862 .....................Donald Wilkinson, Sherwood 566-1279

NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you have seen anything unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observations recorded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be send to: ' Dan McAskill, Newsletter Editor , Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island Ltd. Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 The next newsletter deadline is April 20, 1992.

Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Carmel Smith—Bachand who provided the illustrations of the Dovekie, robin, waxwing, Canada Goose, seal, and redpolls. 'The SoCiety also acknowledges the illustrations from Le mouvement pour la valorisation du patrimoine natural des isles Inc. (p.6), Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (p.9), and Ragweed Press (p.10).

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the Department of Tourism and Parks and the Department of~Education which enables distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries and to members.

The Natural History Society is.an affiliate of the Canadian Nature Federation and has representation on the board of the Island Nature Trust. The Society is a registered, non-profit organization (Part 2, Companies Act). Tax receipts are issued for donations to the Society and these funds are used to further the work of the Society. Reprinting: Editors of other newsletters and teachers wishing to copy classroom materials are welcome to reprint articles from the Island Naturalist ’ (except when copyrighted). Due acknowledgement must be provided to the Island. Naturalist, the author and illustrator. I ‘

THIS MONTHS COVER ,

The cover illustration of Dovekies in their normal ocean feeding habitat was prepared by Carmel Smith-Bachand who has volunteered to provide newsletter illustrations for the Island Naturalist. Many thanks Carmel! JDM.

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