NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN 
     
     ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in 
     
     Meeting Room #2 in the Provincial Health Building. (Enter through the 
     
     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 (894- 
     
     9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular - $4; student - $2; family - 
     
     $5. Renewals are due in early January. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1986 EXECUTIVE: President...........Rosemary Curley, Waterside 651—2585 
     
     Vice-President..........Terry Power, Grandview 651—2244 
     
    

    
     Past President............Jane Symmes, Bonshaw 675-4806 
     
     Sec/Treasurer...Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown894-9595 
     
    

    
     assisted by.......Joyce MacLeod, Charlottetown 894-4182 
     
     Directors............Pat Doyle, Charlottetown, 866-1171 
     
    

    
     ........Sue Stephenson, Charlottetown 894-5995 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, draw- 
     
     ings, etc. are welcomed from members. If you have seen anything unusual, 
     
     please share it with us. It is important to have your observations re- 
     
     corded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations become 
     
     tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
    

    
     Gary Schneider, 
     
    

    
     P.O. Box 879, 
     
    

    
     Montague, P.E.I. COA 1R0 
     
    

    
     Phone: 962-2516 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assist- 
     
     ance from the Department of TranSportation and Public Works which en- 
     
     ables the newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries as 
     
     well as to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the 
     
     Canadian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit 
     
     organization. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint ar- 
     
     ticles appearing in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VTHIS MONTH’S coy-fawn 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The SPOTTED SALAMANDER (Ambystoma maculatum) will be sought out one 
     
     damp April night by NHS members on the annual Amphibian Field Trip. The 
     
     large (6-8" long) salamander has black to bluish black ground colour 
     
     with yellew spots. They can be seen in the spring migrating to ponds.