NEWSLETTER NO. 29 FEBRUARY 1978 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETING 
     
    
   
   
    
     Time: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 1978. 
     
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd Floor, Room 47. 
     
     Program: The film "River (Planet Earth)" will be shown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEMENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Natural Areas Public Lecture — Our former Natural History Society 
     
     president, Diane Griffin, now residing in Edmonton will visit the 
     
     Island and will be giving a lecture entitled"Exfloghxfl.Resawes-Sawug 
     
     (nu Nannal majrage" on Feb. 8, 1978 at 8:30 p.m. Diane will out- 
     
     line the system of natural areas in Alberta and compare it to the 
     
     system on Prince Edward Island. We urge anyone with an interest 
     
    

    
     in the preservation of our special areas to attend this talk which 
     
     will be held in Duffy Amphitheatre at the University of Prince 
     
     Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Change in our Constitution - A small change in our constitution is 
     
     necessary for the Natural History Society to officially become a 
     
     non-profit organization, and we can achieve a tax-free status. 
     
     This will be quite beneficial with reference to our financial 
     
     dealings with the Canadian Nature Federation Conference which we 
     
     are hosting next August. We hereby serve notice that proposed 
     
     changes will be brought to the floor at the March 1978 Natural 
     
     History Society meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Constitution and By-laws must be amended to include a 
     
     non-profit clause to the effect that: 
     
    
   
   
    
     the organization shall be carried on without the purpose of 
     
     gain for its members and any profits or other accretions to the 
     
     organization shall be used in promoting its objects. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership Dues paid for 1978, 41 Regular, 8 Family, 3 Student. 
     
     A FINAL NOTICE will go out with this newsletter to each person 
     
     who has not renewed. After the final notice, there will be 
     
     THREE WEEKS to renew. Cheques should be made to: 
     
     THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF P.E.I., C/o Margaret Mallett, 
     
     53 Fitzroy Street, Charlottetown, P.E.I. ClA 1R4. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Projects For The Society 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society has a limited amount of funds 
     
     ($400 - 800) for the promotion of environmental education or 
     
     conservation oriented projects. Such a project, or projects, 
     
     should benefit the public at large, while still being financially 
     
     feasible. If you have any suggestions for the use of funds please 
     
     bring them to the February meeting or submit them in writing to: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Margaret Mallett 
     
     53 Fitzroy Street 
     
     Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Starlings Well—groomed Birds. Jan. 23 and 24. A dozen starlings 
     
     were getting dry—cleaned in fluffy snow. Fluttering wings raised 
     
     a small snowstorm. This recalled the day of the Hillsborough bird 
     
     count when starlings were observed throwing up a spray of icy 
     
     water in a small puddle. All these ablutions took place about 
     
     noon. — Margaret Mallett