NEWSLETTER N0. 19 DECEMBER 1976 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETING 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Date: Tuesday, December 7, 1976 
     
     Time: 8 P.M. 
     
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd Floor, Room 47. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Enter through garage on west side of Prov. Admin. Building. 
     
     Program: Dr. Lawson Drake from the University of Prince Edward Island 
     
     will give an illustrated lecture of "Biological Clocks". 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEMENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     A NOMINATING COMMITTEE of three members, and an auditing committee of 
     
     two members will be appointed at the December meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NHS CRESTS are available at $3.50; and "Winds of Sea and Wood" at $1.35. 
     
     They would make excellent Christmas gifts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WE ACKNOWLEDGE with thanks donations from: M.J.A. Butler, Dr. Ed Johnston, 
     
     Simon Lunn, Kathy Martin and John McClellan. They generously donated the 
     
     mileage cheques they received from the Crapaud Community School to the 
     
     Natural History Society. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THANKS also to Simon Lunn of P.E.I. National Park for digging out the 
     
     maps, etc. our society needed for organizing the 1976 Christmas Bird 
     
    

    
     Count scheduled on December 18th. John Wright is responsible for organ- 
     
     izing the 1976 Bird Count. For further information, see article on page 5 
     
     of this issue. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCARLET TANAGER observed at Southport, P.E.I. Mrs. Ruth Osborne reported 
     
     seeing one in her backyard last spring. Other neighbors saw it also. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE PLANETS. Two brilliant jewels adorn the spacious firmament on high 
     
     this month. Venus appears in the south-western sky in the early evening 
     
     and sets soon after 7:00 P.M. More brilliant still is Jupiter, in the 
     
     east. By 10:30 P.M. it is south and almost overhead. Look for Jupiter to 
     
     be close to the moon on December 4th. On December 11th Saturn rises near 
     
     the moon---five days after the full moon. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION. The Constitution can be amended only at annual 
     
     meetings of the society and suggested changes must be submitted in writing 
     
     to the membership at least 21 days before that meeting. The final date 
     
    
   
   
    
     for submission of proposed changes for 1977 annual meeting is December 14, 
     
     1976. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1976 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST. There will be a competition for adult members 
     
    

    
     in the following categories: Plant slide, Animal slide, and a slide series 
     
     (three to five slides which tell a nature story). The Junior Naturalists 
     
     will have a competition for the best nature Slide or print. All members 
     
     will be eligible for the new "Best-in-Show" trophy. Dates for submission 
     
     of entries will be given in the January newsletter. 
     
    
   
   
    
     "THE DISAPPEARING ISLAND LANDSCAPE" will be on exhibit at the Confeder— 
     
     ation Centre Art Gallery from November 25 — December 12, 1976. This 
     
     collection of old and recent photographs and paintings depicting the 
     
    
   
   
    
     environmental changes that have taken place on our Island is well worth 
     
     .viewing.