Kelsia spinosa - a new provincial record. Z. 
     
     Megamelus distinctus - a new provincial record. B. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pissonotus ?aphidioides - a new provincial record. B. (One uniquely coloured individual that may represent an undescn'bed species). 
     
     P. dorsalis - H. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prokelisia crocea - E, G, J, R, X. 
     
    

    
     P. dolus - a new provincial record. G, R, X. 
     
     Stenocranusfelfi - a new provincial record. B 
     
     S. pallidus - a new provincial record. B. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     DERBIDAE 
     
     Otiocerus caquebertii - a new provincial record. H,T 
     
    

    
     DERBIDAE 
     
    

    
     Otiocerus coquebertii - a new provincial record. 
     
     ANOTHER NEW ISLAND PLANT RECORD: by Kate MacQuarrie 
     
    
   
   
    
     In a heavily settled province such as Prince Edward Island, it may seem strange that there are plant and 
     
     animal species yet to be discovered. It’s easy to become complacent and assume that we know all there is to be 
     
     known about our province. Fortunately, recent new provincial records of birds, dragonflies, leaflioppers and plants 
     
     serve to remind us that this is not the case! 
     
    

    
     In a summer spent mostly in the field, I discovered many new sites for the least common members of our 
     
     flora. Even more exciting were discoveries of species not previously recorded on P.E.I. In the last issue of Island 
     
     Naturalist, the presence of Ground Nut (Apios americana) on Lennox Island was reported. Since that time, another 
     
     new species has been uncovered in Prince County: Braun’s Holly Fern (Polystz‘chum braunii) along the Mill River, 
     
     just west of Bloomfield Provincial Park. 
     
    

    
     Braun’s Holly Fern is a member of the Christmas Fern genus, so named because their green fronds persist 
     
     well into the winter season. Some naturalists may be familiar with our rare Christmas Fern, Polystichum 
     
     acrostichoides, and its distinctive thumb-like lobe at the base of the pinnae (leaflets). Braun’s Holly Fern shares this 
     
     signature, but the fronds are twice-pinnate and the stipe (stalk) is very scaly. It was this scaly stipe and narrow, 
     
     dark green fronds that caught my attention along the Mill River. Braun’s Holly Fern is rare in most of New 
     
     Brunwick (uncommon in northern NB), and common in Cape Breton and Nova Scotia’s Fundy coast. In Canada, it 
     
     is also found in Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. It does occur in Alaska and the northern 
     
     continental United States, and is considered endangered or threatened in some (Minnesota and Wisconsin, 
     
     respectively, for example). 
     
    

    
     The habitat in which it was found is not typical of Prince Edward Island. This section of the Mill River 
     
     riparian zone is a very steep, moist, rocky ravine, well-shaded by an overstory of hemlock, beech, birches and 
     
     maples. Interestingly, a number of provincially rare species were abundant here including Agrimony (Agrimom‘a 
     
     grjyposepala) and Wood Goldenrod (Solidagoflexicaulis), neither of which had been previously recorded in this 
     
     area. Because this is the only known Island location of Braun’s Holly Fern, Island Nature Trust will contact the 
     
     owners of this and adjacent properties to encourage protection of the site. 
     
    

    
     A voucher specimen was collected and will be forwarded to the National Herbarium in Ottawa. 
     
     Photographs and slides of Braun’s Holly Fern will remain on-file at Island Nature Trust. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE FIFTH ANNUAL AUTUMN BIRDING CLASSIC: by J. Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     This marks the fifth year that the Natural History Society has put the skills of a birding team together to 
     
     partner with the Island Nature Trust is raising funds for natural areas conservation. This year the team was 
     
     composed of Ray Cooke, Roberta Palmer, Eric Marcum, Michelle Johnston, and Dan McAskill. They hit the field 
     
     at 3:00 am on October 2nd, 1999. Their counting day concluded at 9:20 pm the that evening and, during those 
     
     hours, the team was able to record 93 bird species. 
     
    

    
     The team covered all habitats during the day which started with owl responses to taped calls. The route 
     
     continued to East Point then back along the North Shore to St. Peter's and ended in the National Park before