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     It seems hard to believe but I just 
     
     received a call from the printers and 
     
     there are eight boxes of colouring book. 
     
     ready to be picked up! Printing delays 
     
     have been incredible, but the final pro- 
     
     duct should be worth the effort. 
     
    

    
     Connie Gaudet's illustrations are 
     
     on an equal level with the best I've 
     
     seen, and everything looks so familar, 
     
     birds and background. Every month has 
     
     its own bird, common at that time of 
     
     year, and Geoff Hogan's text compliments 
     
     the drawings well. 
     
    

    
     The twelve birds are Snow Bunting, 
     
     Common Merganser, Canada Goose, American 
     
     Robin, Common Flicker, Yellow Warbler, 
     
     Great Blue Heron, American Kestrel, Her— 
     
     ring Gull, Blue Jay, European Starling 
     
     and Evening Grosbeak. The colouring 
     
     book also includes the Short Study 1 
     
     (first published by the P.E.I. Museum 
     
     and Heritage Foundation) that lets you 
     
     know when to expect new species during 
     
     spring. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     The colouring book will be distributed through Island bookstores, 
     
    
   
   
    
     museums and tourist outlets, and at NHS meetings and workshops. One 
     
     thousand copies have been printed, and if sales go well the Society 
     
     hopes to become more active in getting natural history material publisheb 
     
    
   
   
    
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     The Trustees of the James L. Baillie Memorial Fund for Bird Research 
     
     and Preservation welcome applications for grants for research in 1989. 
     
     Projects involving research and/or conservation of birds in Canada 
     
     will be considered, with a strong preference for applications from 
     
     amateurs and others not eligible for grants from major academic 
     
     funding sources. Graduate research studies are rarely supported, and 
     
     only if they involve a major contribution by volunteer naturalists. 
     
     Grants do not normally exceed $1000.00. Applications for non—atlas 
     
     research grants must be made on forms available from the Secretary, 
     
     who must receive the completed application and supporting letters of 
     
     recommendation by 31 December 1988. Applicants are advised to obtain 
     
     the forms and guidelines well in advance. Because of the growing 
     
     number of breeding bird atlas projects in Canada, the Trustees have 
     
     decided to establish a special category for remote travel grants 
     
     for participants in such atlas projects. Potential applicants should 
     
     enquire as to whether the atlas of their interest is participating. 
     
     Application forms and guidelines are available from Martin K. McNicholl, 
     
     Secretary, J. L. Baillie Memorial Fund, c/o Long Point Bird Observatory, 
     
     Box 160, Port Rowan, Ontario NOE 1M0. Tax—deductible contributions to 
     
     the Fund are always welcome, and should be directed to the same 
     
     address. 
     
    

    
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     With any luck, this issue of the Island Naturalist should reach mem- 
     
     bers before the October meeting. The deadline for the November—December 
     
     issue will be early October. I will pick up any bird sightings or storie. 
     
     at the October 4 meeting, or you could mail them to me at the address on 
     
     page two of the newsletter. _ 6 _ - GS