Victorian Christmas Party from 7 to 10 p.m. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 18 - The P.E.I. National Park Audubon Christmas Bird Count 
     
     will be held. Contact Dan McAskill at 569-4351 to register 
     
     for one of the count areas. There is a fee of $ 5 for all 
     
     field counters. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 27 - The Hillsborough Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be 
     
     held. Contact Dan McAskill at 569-4351 to register for one of 
     
     the count areas. There is a fee of $ 5 for all field 
     
     counters. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 29 - The Society will host the Montague Christmas Bird Count. 
     
     Contact Gary Schneider at 659-2857 or Ruth Richman at 583-2674 
     
     for further information. There is no fee charged. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 3 - This is the Society's Annual Meeting and Member's Night. 
     
     Bring your slides natural history articles, or tell us 
     
     ofyourself or your natural history adventures. 
     
    

    
     Feb. 7 - The Society’s first guest speaker for 1995 will be David 
     
     Lemon. He will speak on his nest box and banding program for 
     
     Kestrels on P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHRISTMAS IDEAS: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Christmas is again around the corner and this offers members 
     
     a chance to support a favourite environmental cause while giving a 
     
     very special gift to a friend. The following ideas may be of 
     
     interest: 
     
    

    
     Natural History Society memberships for 1995 make a great 
     
     Christmas gift for the naturalists and bird watchers and are only 
     
     $ 16 (refer to information on inner cover). The gift will come 4 
     
     or more times during the year and will give ongoing pleasure to the 
     
     recipient. 
     
    

    
     Island Wings, the Natural History Society’s colouring book, is 
     
     being reprinted and will be available in local stores before 
     
     Christmas. Copies are also available at the Society’s meetings and 
     
     the Island Nature Trust for $ 3.50. 
     
    

    
     The P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation is selling copies of 
     
     Floyd Trainor line illustrations of Red-winged Blackbird, White- 
     
     throated Sparrow, and the Blue Jay for $ 4 plus taxes. 
     
    

    
     The Island Nature Trust has a variety of products ranging from 
     
     a few dollars to a few hundred dollars. These products are 
     
     available at Ravenwood (off Mount Edward Road on the Agricultural 
     
     Research Station or phone 566-9150). The products include: 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 Connie Gaudet illustrated Hasti-note cards for 
     
     $ 2.20; 
     
     o the Lindee Climo Chickadee T shirts for $ 12; 
     
     0 Seeds of Conservation Sunflower Seed (1994 crop) 25 
     
    
   
   
    
     pounds for $ 20 and 50 pounds for $ 30; 
     
     o the Lindee Climo Chickadee Sweat Shirts for $ 30; 
     
     0 an Honourary Deed for 1/4 acre of =the Herring 
     
     Island (Murray Harbour) or DeRoche Pond (Blooming 
     
     Point) Natural Areas for $ 100; and