Chipping Sparrow - 4 at Indian River, Oct. (TC) 
     
     Savannah Sparrow - 1 at Wood Islands, Sept. 16 (PRO) r,gfuse 
     
    
   
   
    
     MISCELLANEOUS SIGHTINGS: ' 
     
     Porpoise - Wood Islands terminal, Oct. 14 (CW,MW9 
     
     Northern Lights display - Springvale, Oct. 13 (GGH) 
     
     Yellow-spotted Salamander - in a compost heap 
     
    

    
     in Springvale, 
     
    

    
     Oct. 8 (GGH) 
     
     gig - Souris Line Road, Sept. 2 (GM) 
     
     Black Mink - near Clear Springs, 
     
    

    
     Sept. 22 (GM) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Weasel - in a woodpile in Valleyfield, I a : JKW~ ; ' 
     
     NOV. 26 , ( RR ) Y-LLOW-SPOTTED oAm‘ANDER 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Harbour Seal and Grey Seal - Wood Island ferry terminal, Oct. 13, 
     
     field trip (GGH et al) 
     
    
   
   
    
     CONTRIBUTORS-IO THE SIGHTINGS LIST: 
     
    

    
     VB - Val Beer; JB - Jamie Burton; TC - Thelma Clark; FRC - Rosemary 
     
     Curley; PD — Pat Doyle; DG — Diane Griffin; GGH - Geoff Hogan; ACK - 
     
     Anne Charlotte Kelly; LK — Lorna Knox; DM - Dan MacAskill; GMCD — 
     
     Gerald MacDonald; JM — Joyce MacLeod; RR - Ruth Richman; BR - Beth 
     
     Robinson; AS - Alan Saint; GS - Gary Schneider; JS - Jane Symmes; LT —. 
     
     Liz Townsend; CW - Carl Willms; MW — Mary Willms. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Anyone interested in natural history will enjoy the up-coming issue 
     
     of the Island Magazine which reflects a commitment to publish more 
     
     natural history articles. "An Infinite Number of Woodpigeons" by Geoff 
     
     . Hogan describes the first recorded sighting of passenger pigeons by 
     
     Jacques Cartier in 1534 and follows this bird's decline through to 
     
     extinction. The magazine's cover has a magnificent illustration of 
     
     this bird by John Burden. 
     
    

    
     Issue #16 also has a book review by Dr. Ian MacQuarrie of the 
     
     newly published Atlantic Wildflowers by D. Griffin, W. Barrett and 
     
     Ann MacKay. 
     
    

    
     Look for it by mid-December at the reasonable price of $3.50. 
     
    
   
   
    
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