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     NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND vNEWSLETTER 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Newsletter No. 4 January 1975 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETING 
     
    
   
   
    
     Date: Tuesday, January 7, 1975 
     
    
   
   
    
     Time: 8 p.m. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd floor, Room 47 & 48. 
     
     (Enter through underground garage on west side of 
     
     Provincial Administrative Building). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Program: This is the annual meeting. Following the necessary 
     
     business there will be a showing of members' 
     
     nature slides. If you have some please bring them 
     
     along to help make a good show. These need NOT 
     
     be 1974 slides only. It is IMPORTANT that they be 
     
     SPOTTED in the LOWER LEFT corner of the front of 
     
     the mount unless you intend to use your own pro— 
     
     jector. For showing small lots there will be a 
     
     projector with a stack loader. 
     
    
   
   
    
     If you make your own PRINTS, please take along 
     
     several of your best. It will add interest to 
     
     the meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Announcements: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nature Slide Competition rules: 
     
    
   
   
    
     (1) Members may submit up to six nature slides taken on P.E.I. in 1974. 
     
    

    
     (2) Slides are to be thumb-spotted on LOWER LEFT corner of the mount. 
     
    

    
     (3) Do NOT put your name anywhere on slide mount. 
     
    

    
     (4) Submit slides in a sealed envelope bearing your name on outside, 
     
    

    
     (5) Bring slides to the January meeting. They will be judged and 
     
     shown at the February meeting, Tuesday, February 4. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership Dues For 1975: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our fiscal year begins January 1. The society would appreciate if 
     
    
   
   
    
     you will pay the membership fee ($2.00) EARLY in the year. If mailing, 
     
     please include the following information: 
     
    
   
   
    
     NAME . . . . . . . . ... 
     
     MAILING ADDRESS .............. 
     
     TELEPHONE NO. ........ 
     
    
   
   
    
     a o o I I o c o n o u o I q c o. 
     
    
   
   
    
     c I o o o o o o o o o u o n u o u o e u u c o o o 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Send to: , 
     
     The Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island 
     
     c/o Miss Margaret Mallett, Secretary-treasurer 
     
     53 Fitzroy Street 
     
     Charlottetown, P.E.I. Canada ClA 1R4 
     
     "Nature Canada", "Ontario Naturalist" and "Young Naturalist" magazines 
     
    
   
   
    
     in circulation among members should be brought to each meeting to keep 
     
     them moving. Better look them up right now. 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ Note From December Meeting — 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Stanley Vass, Environmental Policy Advisor, writes that he 
     
     would support the proposal to establish the Great Blue Heron as our 
     
     provincial bird. People might then stop referring to it as "the Crane". 
     
     Also, he noted that during the autumn the Herring Gulls were dropping 
     
     great numbers of shellfish onto the National Park roadway near the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Covehead Harbour bridge. The road was constantly littered with broken 
     
     shells. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Walk Warily, Wildlife Photographers! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Photographer John Foster of TV series "To the Wild Country" renown 
     
     has a perceptive article in "Canada 75", the nature calendar produced