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     MARITIMES NEST RECORDS SCHEME. Members of the Natural History Society 
     
     are once again encouraged to contribute reports of nesting birds to the 
     
     Nest Records Scheme located in Sackville, N.B. Island contributions 
     
     have been down somewhat during the last few years, so the Natural 
     
     History Society has decided to offer a series of prizes to stimulate_ 
     
     interest in nest reporting. Nest record cards are available from the 
     
     Newsletter Editor and should be returned to the Natural History 
     
     Society, % S3 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown by Se t. 15, 1981. The cards 
     
     will then be forwarded to Sackville by October Ist. The list of 
     
     prizes to be awarded follows: 
     
     first prize - most species 
     
     second prize -’a) earliest nest, b) latest nest 
     
     third prize - most records with known nest outcome 
     
     fourth prize - most nest records 
     
     fifth prize - special prizes awarded for nests of species new to 
     
     P.E.I. in the Nest Records Scheme holdings 
     
     To help out those who might be interested in the special prizes for 
     
     new species, some worthy candidates are given below. These birds 
     
     are listed as breeding on the P.E.I. Bird Checklist but do not appear 
     
     on the 1979 (the most recent year available) M.N.R.S. list for P.E.I. 
     
     Sharp-shinned Hawk, Ring-necked Pheasant, Virginia Rail, Barred Owl, 
     
     Short-eared Owl, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Least 
     
     Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Gray Jay, Brown Creeper, Winter 
     
     Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Parula, 
     
     Magnolia Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, 
     
     Palm Warbler, Rusty Blackbird, Lincoln's Sparrow. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The Canadian 
     
     Wildlife Service, Mount Allison University 
     
    

    
     and the Chignecto Naturalists' Club will 
     
     co-host the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Wilson 
     
     Ornithological Society, to be held June 4-7, 
     
     1981 at Mount Allison University, Sackville, 
     
     New Brunswick. This will mark only the 
     
    

    
     second time this international body has met 
     
    

    
     in Canada. The conference begins with 
     
     registration On Thursday, June 4, followed 
     
    

    
     by a wine and cheese reception that evening. 
     
     Friday starts with a choice of early morning 
     
     field trips to Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary 
     
    

    
     or Ram Pasture Salt Marsh. Following a business meeting the remainder 
     
     of the morning and afternoon will be devoted to papers sessions. A 
     
     lobster boil, films and a midnight excursion to listen for rails will 
     
     wind up the day's activities. Saturday's events begin with early 
     
     morning field trips to Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary or the Upper Bay 
     
     of Fundy Shore. Paper sessions continue throughout the day, followed 
     
     by the annual banquet and awards presentation. On Sunday the conference 
     
     will conclude with two all day field trips to Fundy National Park or 
     
     to P.E.I. to visit Cape Tryon and the National Park. The registration 
     
     fee for the conference is $18.00. For more information contact the 
     
     Newsletter Editor or Dr. A.J.Erskine, Canadian Wildlife Service, Box 
     
     1590, Sackville, N.B. EOA 3C0.