Savannah Sparrow — l in Charlottetown on Apr. 23 (AD); 1 in Lr. Freetown on May 15 (GGH).

Vesper Sparrow - l at Head of Montague on May 5 (JW).

Dark—eyed Junco - 3 at Wheatley River on Apr. 9 (AD); 1 at Donagh on Apr. 20 (JDM); 6 in West Royalty on May 1 (AH, HH); 40 at Indian River on May 9 (TC).

Chipping Sparrow - l at Head of Montague on May 16 (JW); 5 at Milltown Cross on May 18 (WEC); l at Rustico Bay on May 25 (MWh).

White—crowned Sparrow - l in Indian River on Apr. 20 and 2 there on June 7 (TC); 2 in Charlottetown May 17-20 (JS).

White-throated Sparrow — 4 at Indian River on Apr. 24 and 1 there on June 7 (TC); 2 in West Royalty on May 1 (AH, HH); 1 in Charlottetown on May 3 (AD); 1 at Head

of Montague in early May (JW); 1 at Valleyfield on May 6 (UPEI); 4 in Charlotte— town May l7—20 (JS).

Lincoln's Sparrow - l at Head of Montague on May 16 (JW); 1 at Valleyfield on June 2 (UPEI).

Swamp Sparrow - l at Dalvay on May 3 (WEC); l in Enmore on June 4 (UPEI).

Song Sparrow — resident wintering bird in West Royalty began to sing on Apr. 5 (MW); 1 pr at Indian River on May 9 (TC); 1 ad at a nest with 5 eggs at Rustico Bay on May 31 (MWh).

Snow Bunting - 3 at Brackley Beach on Apr. 25 (WEC).

Thanks to all observers who contributed records to this issue of the newsletter; Lenore Andrew (LA), Gerald Barrett (GB), Tim Birt (TB), Rose Butler (RB), Elizabeth Cairns (EMC), Winifred Cairns (WEC), Thelma Clark (TC), Darren Collings (DC), Jerry Compton (JC), Rosemary Curley (FRC), Andy Dean (AD), Paul DeMone (PD), Randy Dibblee (RLD), Cathy Herring (CH), Geoff Hogan (GGH), Audrey Hopkins (AH), Harvey Hopkins (HH), Gordon Jenkins (GJ), Edwin Knox (EK), Lorna Knox (LK), Norah Longworth (NBL), Barb MacDonald (BM), Joyce MacLeod (JM), Darren Martin (DM), Dan McAskill (JDM), Mary Lynn McCourt\(MLM), Phil Michael (PM), Macrae Morse (MM), Brian Nettleton (BN), Geoff Robinson (GR), Jackie Sutherland (JS), David Stewart (DGS), Allison West (AW), Miriam West (MW), Marguerite Wheatley (MWh), John Wright (JW). Sightings attributed to UPEI were made by Vicky Friesen, Geoff Hogan, Terry Power, Julie Singleton or Eddy White and in each case represent their first sighting of the species this spring.

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Wood Frog — l at Milltown Cross on June 9 (WEC).

American Toad - l at Rustico Island on May 29 (WEC).

Spring Peeper - first heard calling at Donagh on Apr. 17 and first seen breeding in pond on Apr. 18 (JDM).

Leopard Frog — first heard calling at Donagh on Apr. 19 (JDM).

Spotted Salamander — l in Peter's Road on Apr. 20 (DM, WEC)

Red—backed Salamander - l in Little Sands on May 6 and 5 there on May 7 (JC, WEC). Red Eft - l in Cambridge on May 20 (RB, W.C).

Red-bellied Snake — l in Sturgeon on June 2 (DC, WEC). 2 others there on June 8 ( one of which shed its skin on June 9) (DC, DM, WEC).

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