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     A Canadian Ornithological Group?? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Glen Fox from Ottawa has proposed the formation of a Canadian . 
     
     Ornithological Group which would be composed of professional 
     
     ornithologists, students and serious amateur birders. This group 
     
     could establish better communication between ornithologists in 
     
     Canada and make recommendations to policy makers and granting 
     
     agencies. At this stage they would not produce a journal. If 
     
     the ornithology group became part of the Wildlife Biology Section 
     
     of the Canadian Society of Zoologists it would have an official 
     
     status and an official publication outlet, the Canadian Journal 
     
     of Zoology. Presently some provincial groups (e.g., Quebec and 
     
     Ontario) are organized and meet annually to present papers. This 
     
    
   
   
    
     has developed a good feeling for who is doing what in these two 
     
     provinces. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Fox would like to establish a mailing list of all those 
     
     interested in supporting such an organization. His list of names 
     
     for the Mairtimes is particularly impoverished and therefore those 
     
     of you who would like to become.members are urged to write to him 
     
     indicating your interest. Your name will be placed on a permanent 
     
     mailing list and you will be notified of all future developments. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Write to: 
     
    

    
     Mr. Glen A. FOX 
     
    

    
     79 Malvern Drive 
     
     . . . Ottawa, Ontario 
     
    

    
     K2J 1M8 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     First Annual Outing of the Prince Edward Island 
     
     Natural History Society 
     
    
   
   
    
     "By the kindness of Hon. Mr. Bentley, the Rocky Point Sailboat was 
     
     placed at the disposal of the society for today. As extended 
     
     notice as possible having been given about eighteen people assembled 
     
     for the outing including, the President, Mrs. and Miss Laird, the 
     
     Secretary, Mr. Francis Bain, Mr. John Newson and Miss Newson, 
     
    

    
     Mr. W. Brown and Miss Brown, Mrs. S.T. MacDonald and Miss 
     
     Professor Shuttleworth, Miss C. McNeill, Miss Weeks. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sail was set direct for St. Peters Island, where landed, the 
     
    
   
   
    
     party lunched and afterward subdivided into small parties each going 
     
     whither tastes led. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Unhappily a sudden squall came up during the progress of which, 
     
     all the party boarded the boat except for Mr. Bain and Watson and 
     
     Mr. Bain's son, who were left upon the Island while the boat returned 
     
    
   
   
    
     to Charlottetown, where it landed its passengers at about eight 
     
     o'clock. 
     
    
   
   
    
     By the kindness of one of the farmers of St. Peters Island, 
     
     Messers Bain and Watson and the boy were driven across the bar and 
     
     landed on the mainland driving from the landing place to Rocky Point 
     
     (where Mr. Watson was then living and) whence Mr. Bain and his son 
     
     moved to their home across the West River. 
     
    
   
   
    
     All the party gathered bunches of the Rabbit—foot Clover 
     
     (Trifolium arvense) and among the many fossils discovered was one 
     
     beautiful base of the shaft of the Calamasfigas which Mr. Bain 
     
     carried home through all the vicissitudes of the afternoon." 
     
    
   
   
    
     "L.W.W. Sec'y" 
     
     Lawrence Watson 
     
     Wednesday, August 13, 1890. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Second Annual Excursion 
     
    
   
   
    
     "It was August 22nd, 1891, the Natural History Society took its 
     
     annual outing. The intention was to visit Governor's Island, but 
     
    

    
     a high wind prevailing prevented this. After considerable delay at 
     
     Pownal wharf, the company consisted of the President and Executive 
     
     Com. and about a dozen members and friends, left in the Rocky Pt. 
     
     ferry boat and landed in the cove near Block-house Point — where 
     
     they enjoyed their lunch under the ancestrial spruce shadows. Then 
     
     several hours were spent in studying the Botany and Geology of the