NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND p. 0. BOX 2346. CHARLOTTETOWN

Mgetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in Room 47 on the third floor of the Provincial Health Building. (Enter through the undergrOund 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 (tel. 894-9595). Annual rates are as follows: Regular $3, student $1, family $4.

1979 Executive

President . . . .I. . . . . . Winston Johnston Vice-President . . . . . . . Rosemary Curley Past President . . . . . . . Eleanor Lowe Secretary-Treasurer . . . . . Margaret Mallett assisted by Helen Duffey Directors . . . . . . . . . Andre Lavoie Marguerite Wheatley

Newsletter The newsletter is published eight times per year. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, etc. from members are welcomed. If you have seen something unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observations recorded where others will learn of them. All contributions should be sent to the

Newsletter Editor: Winifred Cairns Phone: 894-4095 (weekends) 60 Newland Cresc. 838-4855 (evenings) Charlottetown, P. E. I. ClA 4H7

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from the Department of Tourism, Parks and Conservation which enables newsletters to be distributed to schools as well as to members.

The Natural History Society of P. E. I. is a member organization of the Canadian Nature Federation.

UPCOMING EVENTS. Guest at the December meeting will be Dr. Ian MacQuarrie, who as President of the Island Nature Trust, will be accepting the N.H.S.'s donation of $1,500 as part of our support for this new organization. Dr. MacQuarrie will speak on the role of the Nature Trust in protecting DeRoche Point and other IBP sites on P.E.I.