NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. 
     
     9.0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held of the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, 
     
     August, and September) at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm‘Centre, 420 University Avenue, 
     
     Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring your coffee 
     
     cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince 
     
     Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting Sue 
     
     Stephenson, Charlottetown RR # l, 285 Kinlock Road, P.E.I. ClA 7J6 (phone 
     
     569-5212). Annual membership rates are : $12. Renewals are due in January. 
     
     Membership expiry dates are in the top right hand corner of the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members. 
     
     1992 Executive: President.............-Barbara Currie, Charlottetown ‘894—9297 
     
     Vice-President...........Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569-2665 
     
     Past President....Patrick Wootton, Sharam Point 892-5761 962-3641 
     
     Secretary.................Carolyn Meincke, Charlottetown 368-1704 
     
     Treasurer........................Sue Stephenson, Kinlock 569-5212 
     
     Directors.......................Roberta Palmer,-Brackley 368-1862 
     
     .....................Donald Wilkinson, Sherwood 566-1279 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, 
     
     reports, drawings, etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you 
     
     have seen anything unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have 
     
     your observations recorded so that others may learn from them. "Today's 
     
     notations become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be send to: 
     
     ' Dan McAskill, Newsletter Editor , 
     
     Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island Ltd. 
     
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 
     
     The next newsletter deadline is April 20, 1992. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Carmel Smith—Bachand 
     
     who provided the illustrations of the Dovekie, robin, waxwing, Canada Goose, 
     
     seal, and redpolls. 'The SoCiety also acknowledges the illustrations from Le 
     
     mouvement pour la valorisation du patrimoine natural des isles Inc. (p.6), 
     
     Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (p.9), and Ragweed Press (p.10). 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the 
     
     Department of Tourism and Parks and the Department of~Education which enables 
     
     distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries and to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society is.an affiliate of the Canadian Nature Federation 
     
     and has representation on the board of the Island Nature Trust. The Society 
     
     is a registered, non-profit organization (Part 2, Companies Act). Tax 
     
     receipts are issued for donations to the Society and these funds are used to 
     
     further the work of the Society. 
     
     Reprinting: Editors of other newsletters and teachers wishing to copy 
     
     classroom materials are welcome to reprint articles from the Island Naturalist 
     
     ’ (except when copyrighted). Due acknowledgement must be provided to the Island. 
     
     Naturalist, the author and illustrator. I ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     THIS MONTHS COVER , 
     
    

    
     The cover illustration of Dovekies in their normal ocean feeding habitat 
     
     was prepared by Carmel Smith-Bachand who has volunteered to provide newsletter 
     
     illustrations for the Island Naturalist. Many thanks Carmel! JDM. 
     
    

    
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