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     U.S. in the foreseeable future. Of these 19 recoveries: 7 were found dead, A drowned 
     
     in fishing nets, h were shot, 1 was trapped, l was found injured and later died, and 
     
    
   
   
    
     2 were recovered under unknown circumstances. Fourteen of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     these birds were less than 1 year old. The l Double-crested 
     
    

    
     Cormorant recovered drowned in a fishing net in North 
     
    

    
     rCarolina. Unlike their cousins, Double—crested Cormorants 
     
    

    
     are truly migratory with most individuals from north- 
     
    

    
     eastern North America wintering off the coast of Florida. 
     
     The final P.E.I. banding program.that I participated 
     
    

    
     in for which there are band recoveries involved Great 
     
    
   
   
    
     Black-backed and Herring Gulls. Between l9Th and 1975 I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     banded lhh Great Black-backed Gull chicks and 198 Herring 
     
     Gull chicks at a colony in Malpeque Bay. To date h Great Fig. 3 
     
    

    
     Black-backed and 2 Herring Gulls have been recovered (see 
     
    

    
     Fig. 3.). Neither species makes extensive migrations during the year although they may 
     
     wander away from P.E.I. One Herring Gull was found dead in New Brunswick and the other 
     
     was killed on a highway on P.E.I. Both were less than 1 year old. Of the A Great 
     
     Black-backed Gull recoveries: 2 were on P.E.I., I from Newfoundland, and 1 from New 
     
     York. One of these birds was less than 1 year old. This particular individual was 
     
     found dead near Stephenville, Newfoundland only ll days after it was banded. At the 
     
     time of ban ing it was fully feathered but sti’l incapable of flight! In addition, 
     
    

    
     3 Great Black—backed Gulls were recovered following a banding program in 1971 and 1972 
     
     in Murray Harbour. Two of these gulls were found in Newfoundland (1 found dead, 1 
     
     found injured but later released) while the remaining bird was found dead on P.E.I. 
     
     All of these individuals were less than 1 year old. 
     
    

    
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     U.P.E.I. HOSTS SCIENCE FAIR. The annual Provincial Science Fair will be held at U.P.E.I. 
     
     on April l0 and ll. Up to $1500.00 in prizes will be awarded in two categories: 
     
    

    
     junior (grades 7 to 9) and senior (grades 10 to 12). In addition, prized will be 
     
     awarded by the Agrologists' Institute and the Natural History Society for projects on 
     
     agricultural and environmental themes. 
     
    

    
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     From Toronto, a veteran birder Mr. H.G. Currie writes that about Aug. l0, 1979 he 
     
    
   
   
    
     saw at least 7 Little Gulls 3 or b miles from shore when he was on a deep—sea fishing 
     
     trip off Cavendish. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Omission. In the last issue of the Newsletter the credit line for the article 'What 
     
     to Wear on Winter Walks' was inadvertently omitted. The item originally appeared in 
     
     the Toronto Field Naturalists' Newsletter. Apologies to the TFN Newsletter editors.