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h.‘ ' dowltcher poctorial ' eariiipivﬁl’. In! 1W1’ specie! °¢ "“°‘"°“ m,“ on m, Atlantic coast. but both may be geen thBYQ in B11873" “on n, ter yellowlerzs (To- from south Carolina south and the 185,," yetllljowlega (u;

ntircly 5°“

gtates. The two species Bred 1::- ored alike: the Wdll i‘ “ a ‘Dove, speckled with paler. ladle" whitish oolow. m0" ‘l’ mocked or marbled with dusk! m w“ m" “a his" "tr:- the ions M! "Q '5 7f, u; The greater ycllowlcilu is

- h 1 r yellow- 15 inches lonianlxsmﬁssg’ u

1e33, O t0 i1. n and one-third W11" ‘I b“ Zfmo head. e moderate l“ "’°"°""°” °° m h“: r the birducolilpﬂzgiﬂmlzltg l‘ °

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Both species are easily alarngetd md m“ to wing uttering "D9 ed loud, nnsins. will-rm"! "k" e, habit that in 01¢ "llllm" “i.”

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mania $31?“ “wk” l," m’ lindustﬂousi! with "W" * Eng bills. 1 The pectorial sandpiver ("We melanotos). o!‘ Kfﬂ-iiblrd- g ticular habitue of areas 11>‘ Bmen tion. um‘ m i?‘ inf‘ ngth, W 9

lEJnge-r than die head. The to;

of the head is streaked browrrs black and light chestnut. he back feathers are browhlah bhwk th paler, the upper breast h streaked Wit

c witcher l" ozo-urrins only Is I "i1; (rant in the Atlantic coast 81:6 marshes is a Dlllmp-bodltedl b u. with t!!! M“ mo" than woeder 1on3 u the head. The uh _ side of the body is in apﬂhil "R ely cinnamon end in Mm‘: 83$ the rump L! ¢h1¢Y1Y " d-whlw the tail s barred black an m- Dowitchers are far 1m ml" ° may; mo yellowlege Mid m? “mew”, be closely aprrrviw- -

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LUNCHES SERVED NORTINIMBERLAND FERRIES LTIJ. cnanaonmown. r. a. 1.

uuslv, the belly and rump are white" and the middle tail feath- , ers are darker than the 01319“ ' A note, kriek. krlek, 81W?! bY the bird when flushed, has suggeiiieﬂ one of its local names. "cl-Baker- There are several small sand- pipers of very similar hill?"- ance. but it l5 differentiate them here, though a common one on mud. abbllt 5 t0 . s 3-4 inches long, with greenish- yellow lerzs and a slightly down- curved bill. is likely to be the least gflndpipel‘, or mud peep (P. min- utilla). It does not breed in the Atlantic Coast States but occurs in all of them in migration and winters from North Carolina southward. It frequents muddy beaches everywhere and is often in salt marshes, sometimes assembled in great flocks. From large numbers and small size w!‘ the szmdpipers associating in these flocks, the birds are locally

called “bumlfobce peeps." The spotted eanpiper (Actitis wracularlal frequents both wet and muddy areas. Al- a fresh-water issociaie, it is so universally dis- ribrlied that individuals at times salt marshes.

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marked with round

distinguish it

shorebird. It is

v ..m_

tnkimz rush‘, ‘it

‘ries peet-weet and with down-

crlrved wings alternately flaps

and sails, usually not far before nlighting.

It was pointed out by the writer

in 1911 that shorebirds deserve

g . o. e e Maritime Central Airways Limited ., , , . - . . highly lnsoctlvorous.

PASSLNGLBS—-AI-BIAIL—AIR LLPRLSS on gﬂsshobpers. caterpillars‘ 1m

as the army-

and cut-

including

__ nncl wircworms. They

eat also adults and larvae of horscflles and mosquitoes (hun- dreds of mosquito wigglers hav- ing been found in single stom- sl. as well as water beetles and their iavae which prey upon coast from s-rnall fishes: marine worms.

C ONSER VA TI ON

the Middle Atlantic New JEYSBY t0 the Eastern Shore devour oysters; ticks, which carry

(Continued from page 9.

Qxtinct, another the long-billed curlew (numenius emerlcamcies) is quite rare; and the third. in- termediate in size and lehﬂlh 0f bill, the I-ludsonian curlew 1P. hudsonicus). has benefited by the protection afforded by the Mig- ratory Bird ‘Treaty Act of 1918 and during migraton may be seen in considerable nilnbcrs on

iliLine on theA.'E.F. . . y. byLOW . '4 7 """ _

oitgirginlifﬁ qgiis bird dis viirlite- entitle fever: and ga e w rown an w c. wh ch are destructive to . darker above, paler below, and is and embnnkments. Shoreggd); 15 to 18 inches long. It is a-n- not only thoroughly deserve pro. other great traveler, breeding in teciion but must ‘have it to exist Arctic North America and winter- They lay but once a year. no in; south to southern Chile. more than three or four ewes, so Among more familiar shore-that probably only one or“ two birds to be seen in and about young are reared by a nah- salt marshes are the greater andMost of them, moreover, perform.

crawfisfnes,

m-rzanoaaminia. i

The Flying Fortress had limped back to its English bese After e daylight raid over France. Members of the American crew trumped into headquarters and sat before Major Rufus Rand, of Minneapolis, for routine interrogation.

They told the officer of their bombing Job and of the RIO-mile rlmnlng fight horne- ward at 20,000 feet. r-rom every clump o! trees along the winding, glistening Somme below, uni-aircraft guns had blazed at them, shrapnel-pooling eh; ‘ma; o,“ bod, of the big ship until vwo of its four engines were out of order.

Then there were the German flzhters. who first moved up from behind in a straight line, then changed tactics and dart, in from both sides. One Nazi actually had fried in loop the Fortress. Gunners got some of the attackers . . .. one ma. ~nn was wounded . . but they made it back, all right.

It was a dramatic, mine-tingling story. But David 10w. famous Eingﬂsh amp M- tending the meeting, found something humorous to sketch as one of the bulkily clad

yers tried to demonstrate the graceflu darting tactics of an enemy plane. I '.

hher shoreblrds. ~

n.—

Thbekilledoffifexposedto

impracticable to 5Q

.i'.l‘i1p£il'i[{, but screening all

‘such modifiers as white or

THE CIIARLUFI‘ WN " ' - Edmund um‘: u‘: unassuming

member harbor go fillet hit K1107"! certain smell ‘m? h"

gh-qﬂu tefheliliee meihrbutitlhmrldbe

LlUYlHiMliv lvll t-kllllv‘

It I150

. 0d - has fein cross bars but is hiBhﬂY

oliveoeoue. Yet another a the silver-sides (Meuidie notate), which 31,59 wholte coast. This a c . "B"! IP96"- ish fish, with a silvery streak along each aide. It; maximum length is

about I inches. of nit mlrshes u one of

seasons but colonies that are only outliers of e very extensive inland

range. Meadow urine. or field mice (Mic- rotus pennlylvenoiul), inhabit the mush-hey lone end mnetlmu may be numerous ‘may are short- mled smoothly sounded little rodents, with not even the earl sticking out of the fur to any ex- tent. ‘lheir average length is about 7 inches, about 6 i-2 for the body and 1 1-2 for ice construct narrow, tereecting runways. the ground and some on the sur- face. The latter are easily seen on burned-over areas . or in spring after the snow has melted away from the ﬂattened vegetation. Meadow mice feed lﬁgely on veset- heve able matrials and salt marshes Spﬂnded onoourasinsly to protect- can do no arm They are the h- most frequently captured prey of e WILDLIFE KINGSFISIIEB number 0! kinds o! hawks and owls.

The belted kingfisher (Megaoeryls alcyon frequents salt enarshcs where there are bare limbs, stakes, my“ but Lhgy m; about z (so; m or other exposed perches. It breeds length. o1 1mm; nearly m1! is the in holes in banks from southeastern bu,‘ “sq-my (xenpf u, Canlid“ ‘l’ 5mm‘ Amen" ""1 They live in areas where bulrushes wink" “m5 ‘he “a” ‘mm M555‘ and cattalls are abundant and eat achusetts southward. This slaty u puts o; the“ plug, whwh b1,“ bmi- 11 u’ 14% kid“ 1m‘!- they use also as materials for the ﬁlth a1 well-defined, erectile crest, ma“, lodge‘ n,” “e 10w, 5f,“ l "¥,‘“°“““,_,l“° "m ""1 "w conical mounds, substantially built 1m er ariiclhief. white. The bill “d land“ mow‘, lboy‘ f-hs °fu a? Bmgﬁk ‘gun u“ gud- the water line ovide ample mo‘; §,','},"d°,,,"‘“,,f g7 “f m‘ space within for a , rsss-llned “s e m” hem" living room, from w several lead 01f in

Summersi i Ch’To

long migrations beset b hazards, many of them mlgra pg 310M narrow routes in which their Whvle Pillmlﬂtions are concentrat- ed and here they would rapidly

a by the army of hunters today. With the exception of e few species, shorebirds have been protected at all seasons ever since the possess of the Mi Bird ‘Treaty Act in spite some . re.

the slsty-olue one sses by pa!“ w“ mien“; both sexes‘ The bird Imqumny dircctﬁeansyimdor water. Muskrat:

3,5353 gggggd, “‘“f,§‘,,§f§,m°; “u?” are heavily trapped for fur, which and its fLshiilgp 1n at oral-slim’ °'d"‘"“Y ‘i 7°“! "““’“°“- mbabl does little ‘ha: nmaoorii "mum" l“ ""“““'“°° “i m‘ ﬁmhe, es and ,e,,,-mg pgmi, how animals. The revenue from t be coupon“ sale of skins on some controller by Show“, o,‘- lands of muskrat farms has prover- m“ equal to o; can‘ Sister the

p011 g of moderate 51% would b” rom 112b,!’ y 0 ura an . our :,°°"....%3;"‘i..‘é‘.l.%‘$“€i.'“&1§? GRACKLES (Imtre canadenlis), the milk

t (Mustellatéifon) éhe 6110mm (Pm- The boa -tailed kl (Cassidl 3Y9" 9 In B QDDNIWT! mcxicanus) almostgxuértiveersally call): (Didelphis virtlnlana). all Dfobﬂbw ed jackdaw, is a bird of the coast well enoillh known for there t0 b6 from southern Delaware south-

d Th l is no question as w the identity. wnr . e ti b1 - with bluish The miiﬂny unis“; wauuue arm swawows

ions; the f male, i f1 bu]! brown, with Ewings andnteeally darkeE In winhr two small land birds. the myrtle warbler end the

The male measures 15 to 17 inches,

of which more than a third is tall; swallow, are likely to be common

the female, 12 to 14 inches. The enou h near or in southern salt

tail is troughshapcd, a. character

Particularly well displayed in

flight. These birds feed e neat

deal about. salt nlarsheg and no

not afraid of the water, in which

they wade and submerge their

heads m search of shrimps, small

CIPZIDS, and snails. They eat craw-

ilshcs and insects also and 00¢.“-

ivhally damaso sralnrloms near the

coast._ Jackdaws are noisy, making Eng

a variety of harsh, guttural calls. m

The purple grackle (Quiscalus ul- Carolina: southward. It is

sous). an inland species, sunew tless than i inches Ion! l-hd is

smaller, with the sexes more nearly chiefly bluish gray above and white

alike in dark and metallic color-g. below, strearce with black: and

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_ an seen o r e

With the boattails, “m” ma; attractive little l d

whip. to a

COBMORANTS, PELICAN! AND mrsas ' oo adorable extent on the mun of the -ngberrﬂlor waxrnyrtle, a habit Several water bird; m“ frequent aliud. to the standard vernac- the South Atlantic coast are briefly 11hr mentioned. as occasionally they 011° vorous group

a o1 ' m, to intgr‘ lei-rte?’ Mimi‘; ou - cod spec w er nor (Phalacrocora): gigitus), eilgnlincwri “X ° l" "man'- as “shagﬂ or "nigger 3w“;- i remark to the same purport is glossy, greenish-black bind some- in order the tree swallow what smaller than the Canon; (Iridoprocne bicolor), and th goose and rather hgevy 1n ma; berry-eat habit seems even winters from Virgin“ (gmwqmu rmukable its else. from New Jersey) southward, hm is urn in win a related race ls resident. all the ‘mm’ ‘l year in ﬂorid . went much tme perched, for our. poses of drying and preening, and when quiet suggest eo many is". 80M black bottles. Th are expert fishers and can out?! almost any. thin! they want. In some places they are destructive but on the wriolebl lrlréume more of the less va ua e commercial e8 o! “m. u“ ‘mos every n h pelicans or haosaseer? them. so that r nition of the birds in life is not ficult, ma“ pelicans (Pelecanus occidental“) winter on the’ Florida coast and summer Carolina. Mmley hich te flu _ M

- f 'nlun -—llmost, it would souii, ewk. ‘mrdy fall-into the water when a m

ever. the bird must This usually done

es to attract attention. Both birds consume insects whenever available and feed chiefly on them during the warmer months. es do

,. tive fsmilies are legally pro-

tected throughout the Union. t The myrtle warble: (Dendrocia

comnata) winters regularly from

Warblers,

Blrdp are a more prominent ele- ment of the wildlife of marshes than are some other groups. no doubt because of uh wi which t

true among ; end the Jmel. Illum- lke). one import- ant , are lly banned from the because their tender

yo“ "m, “w”, skins will not endure alt.

{lags more mulleta than any other

Th white Ml 0 ‘brad's frcm South (Oaugihae end winters from Fvrida south. ft is iliularioilofignlin iikigkilrnmnilielm white but haiblsck wing “was ‘l 10118. down-curved. reddish 3&2"? ﬁﬂd the ‘curved o o a e cur aw ' (Allliltm minin- elll! will recognise y eoourns n times, ore,

n’ mmeor iglpsoinu). which self. web's: and at i-lioi-iai: rune g from worth o

l lf0< line southward. but a few all tore

v meted d 1 In, vebgmﬁmd ll Ill‘ ‘il-Agtllyw’

I1 QR III .

Emo- from the noﬁn? in thiitniiio? N" W

fly with th k ii legs strctchgd u ‘e u m? mill-i

nsnss ltisnotiniheproviuceofthil

The wood ibis (Mycteria amgrp-tcana) may be seen both win and sum. mer from South Caro na south- ward. A much l bird, 35 to 31 inches 1on3. it also is mostly white but has dark flight feathers and

. The head and upper neck are

serve as tore. 1%. animals‘;

x CONSERVATIVE MEETING

i? _ g8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIaIIJIIIIIIIJ

usually have individual deep mum or T i’

on crabs. crawflshes, water insects, fishes. turtes, and sometimes larger creatures. There are old records of alligators 20 feet or more long now a 12-foot animal is a. very one and 15 feet of verified size. Because alligators have been hunted for their hides. which axe used extensively by the leather industry in making travel- n! work, their greatly reduced.

aclemys deuizen of salt mgr-shes from New Jersey southward. fitting name concentric ri the carapace, or upper shell. _ turtle is plainly colored, greems to black. It for turtle ‘stew and has been so hunted for the market it is rare in most success has been attained in rais- ing it in captivity.

istrodon pisclvorus) poison

hq afraid found along the coast from North Carolina south. build and may attain a. length of t’! feet. Its general chestnut brown with some darker barring; the throat and some slight stripes about the head are yellow- ish white. 'I‘he czmmon name re- fers to the white mouth, displays brfefi hea

wider then the neck, a character- istic of most poisonous snakes of e mark for distinguishing this species m, from the large, dusky common water snake, wh‘ch muy look sur- prisingly d cottonmouth mouths are not aggressive. when they bite a pe:son it is usu- Zlily because they have been stepp- . l - ‘n the“ km Bra o’ their m volves placing a tourniquet between he wound and the heart. loosen- ing it for a minute or two every l0 or 15 minutes; wound to secure and removing as much

9°- yards. Bponso or the trim fightinz vessel was Mrs.

NOVEMBER 14 194,

A general meeting will be held at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday evening November 17th, 1942, at 8 o'clock P. M.

Honourable ll. B. Hanson, K. 0., M. P.

Conservative Leader in House of Commons

Honourable liugh McKay

Conservative Leader of New Brunswick.

Honourable W. J. P. Maclliillan

Conservative Leader of Prince Edward island will be the speakers-

llueen’s Bounty Conservative Association

Walter S. Grant, President. M. Alban Farmer, Secretary.

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dens, under water. hey

conslznviiru: oollLlnET

SECOND, rump AND rrrrn nrsrmcrs OF QUEENS COUNTY

Conventions to nominate Conservative Candidates to con. test the Second, Third and Fifth Districts of Queen's County at the next Provincial Election will be held in the Empire Theatre, Charlottetown, on Tuesday, November 17th, 1942 at 2 p.rn. for Second District, 3 p.rn. for Third District and 4 p.rn. for Fifth District. Each poll is entitled to send five delegates to the Convention for its District. The poll chairmen are asked to arrange for the selection of delegates at once.

QUEENS COUNTY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION Walter S. Grant 4_ President M. A. Farmer Secretary 10-31-4-7-11-14-18

BUNSEBVATIVE CONVENTION

FOURTH DISTRICT OF QUEENS

A convention to nominate two Conservative Candidates to contest this District at the next Provincial Election will be held at Eldon Hull on Thursday November 19th, 1942 at 2 p.rn. Each poll is entitled to send five delegates to this convention. The poll chairmen are asked to arrange for the selection of delegates at once.

QUEEN'S COUNTY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION Walter S. Grant President ' M. A. Farmer Secrctar_v 10-31-4-7-11-14-18

may be ixbsorbed in the lining 0!

but iarge is about the limit

bags and in ornamental leather nrmbers have born

The diamondback terrapin (Mal- ocntrata) is a natural

not very

is sussested by the dging of the platescf h is the favorite catch that.

localities. some

The cottonmouth moccasin (Ask- a. dangerously snake is serniaquatic and swimmer. Apparently un- of salt water, it may be

It is of stocky‘

color is dark

lining of the which it is said, the snake y before biting. 'I‘he

d is triangular and distinctly

United States and a useful

like a

on. Emergency treatment in-

venom as possible by suction, hi h th "mggﬁd Wm} "l? should be done with a stout xbbgr EErouEh ‘fglllligiﬂlls B dfgthiltﬂﬁ tube. Suction should not be by the mouth

° IIwllf-h. unless there is no other way. (To Be continued)’;

(l in the uper photograph Mrs. Mount» is the e group of Canadian, American and British q chum intent. at the ceremony. Plh°l° w“ ma“ a‘ slot pains bottle hit bow of corvette. Below a much-Canadian member of the I ms Conrad Bouohard, expresses the feelmg olil workereinchelkontbenoaeothireDa-‘ivl '-

A aterlmg demonstration o! Oansdlm-American solidarity was witriemed in Montreal when l. lice! corvette, dirisuned the U 8, B. Denville, was lent. down the ways at the hwe (imedian Vlckers ship-

J. Pierropont, Moffem, wife of the U. B. Minister to

Canada. The corvette was one of ~everal being built in Oanadafor iheaccountoﬂtheUnited Steiealfavy

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