NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. 
     
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on 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 Dan McAskill, 
     
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. CIA 7J8 (phone 569-4351). Annual 
     
     membership rates are: single - $4; family - $5. Renewals are due in January. 
     
     Membership expiry dates are in the t0p right hand corner of the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1991 Executive: President . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Barbara Currie, Charlottetown 894-9297 
     
     Vice-President . . . . . . . ..Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569-2665 
     
    

    
     Past President..Patrick Hootton, Sharram Point 892-5761 962-3641 
     
    

    
     Secretary.. . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Carolyn Meincke 368-1704 
     
     Treasurer.............. . . . . . ......Dan McAskill, Donagh 569-4351 
     
    

    
     Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Vic Toews, Charlottetown 566-4998 
     
    

    
     . . . . . . . . . ..........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 sent to: 
     
    

    
     Dan McAskill, The Newsletter Editor 
     
    

    
     Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 
     
     The next newsletter deadline is October 15th, 1991. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance 
     
     from the Department of Tourism and Parks which enables the newsletters to be 
     
     distributed 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. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint 
     
     articles from the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted). Acknowledgment 
     
     would be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THIS MONTHS COVER 
     
    

    
     The close of the summer season is very near and the autumn storms will 
     
     bring many beach finds ashore. This past summer on the Conway Sand Hills 
     
     members of the International Census were fortunate enough to find two clusters 
     
     of the egg cases of the Naved or Edible Nhelk Buccinum undatum. These fist 
     
     sized clusters of up to several hundred eggs are assembled in overlapping 
     
     capsules resembling clear corn kernels. The illustration on the cover is from 
     
     the book A Preliminary Guide to the Littoral and Sublittoral Marine 
     
     Invertebrates of Passamaquoddy Bay by R.O. Brinkhurst, L.E. Linkletter, E.I. 
     
     Lord, S.A. Connors, and M.J. Dadswell. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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