NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, 
     
     August and September) at 8:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Ave- 
     
     nue, Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince 
     
     Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting 
     
     Margaret Mallett, 53 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. CIA 1R4 (phone 
     
     894-9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular — $4; student - $2; 
     
     family - $5. Renewals are due in early January. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1988 EXECUTIVE: President . . . . . . . . . . . ..Susan Stephenson, Winsloe 368-2789 
     
     ,Vice-President.... . . . . . . . ..Dan McAskill, Donagh 569-4351 
     
     Past-President.....Rosemary Curley, Summerville 838—4309 
     
     Sec/Treasurer...Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown 894-9595 
     
    

    
     Recording Sec....Teresa Hughes, Websters Corner 676-2026 
     
     Directors...............Geoff Hogan,—Springvale 368-1224 
     
    

    
     . . . . . . . . . . ..Ruth Richman, Baldwin Road 838-2678 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, drawings,‘ 
     
     etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you have seen anything 
     
     unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observa— 
     
     tions recorded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations 
     
     become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
     - Gary Schneider, 
     
    

    
     RR#6, 
     
    

    
     Cardigan, P.E.I. COA 1G0 
     
    

    
     Phone: 838-2678 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assistance 
     
     from the Department of Transportation and Public Works which enables the 
     
     newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries and to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Can- 
     
     adian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit organi- 
     
     zation. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles from 
     
     the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted) but acknowledgement would 
     
     be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This month's cover 
     
    
   
   
    
     Connie Gaudet's drawing of a Blue Jay on a branch of a maple tree graces 
     
     the cover of the recently published Island Wings - A colouring book of 
     
     Prince Edward Island birds, and this issue of the Island Naturalist. See 
     
     story on page 9 for more information on the colouring book. Connie Gaudet 
     
     is a naturalist, biologist and artist from P.E.I. now living in Ottawa. 
     
     She has illustrated other Island publications, most notably Watershed 
     
     33g, published by Ragweed Press.