NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN CIA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, 
     
     August and September) at 8:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University 
     
     Avenue, Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince 
     
     Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting 
     
     Margaret Mallett, 53 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. CIA 1R4 (telephone 
     
     894-9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular - $4; student - $2; family 
     
     $5. Renewals are due in early January. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1987 EXECUTIVE: President..............Rosemary Curley, Waterside 651-2585 
     
     Vice-President........ . . . . . ..Dan McAskill, Donagh 569—4351 
     
    

    
     Past—President . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Jane Symmes, Bonshaw 675-4806 
     
     Sec/Treasurer.....Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown 894—9595 
     
    

    
     Recording Sec... . . . . . . . . ..Geoff Hogan, Springvale 368-1224 
     
    

    
     Directors . . . . . . . . . . ..Joyce MacLeod, Charlottetown 894-4182 
     
    

    
     . . . . . . . . ..Teresa Hughes, Websters Corner 676—2026 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, drawings,. 
     
     etc. are welcomed from 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 his- 
     
     tory". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
    

    
     Gary Schneider, 
     
    

    
     RR6, Cardigan, P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     COA 1G0 
     
    

    
     Phone: 838-2678 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assistance 
     
     from the Department of Transportation and Public Works which enables the 
     
     newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries as well as to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Can- 
     
     adian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non—profit organiza- 
     
     tion. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles appear- 
     
     ing in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This month's cover 
     
    
   
   
    
     The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is by far our largest wood— 
     
     pecker. The conspicuous bright red pointed crest makes it hard to con— 
     
    

    
     fuse with any other bird, if its size wasn't a dead giveaway. Thls crow- 
     
     sized bird is black bodied, occasionally with a few white bars on the 
     
    

    
     sides and broad white wing linings that show very well in flight. Its ‘ 
     
     preferred habitat is mature woodlands of various kinds, especially those 
     
     containing some standing dead trees. 
     
    
   
   
    
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