NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND P. 0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN

Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in Beaconsfield, headquarters of the P.E.I. Heritage Foundation, 2 Kent St., Charlottetown. (Parking is available across the street.)

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. ClA 1R4 (tel. 894-9595). Annual rates are as follows: Regular $4, Student $2, Family $5.

1983 Executive: President . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Hogan Vice-President . . . . . . . . Gerald MacDonald Past President . . . . . . . . Rosemary Curley Secretary-Treasurer . . . . . Margaret Mallett assisted by . . . . . . . . Joyce MacLeod Directors . . . . . . . . . . Julie Singleton and Jane Symmes

Newsletters are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, etc. from members are welcomed. If you have seen something unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observations recorded where others will learn of them. All contributions should be sent to:

Winifred Cairns telephone:

60 Newland Cresc., 838-3225 (evenings)

Charlottetown. P.E.I. ClA 4H7 894-4095 (weekends)

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from the Department of Highways and Public Works which enables newsletters to be distrib- uted to schools as well as to members.

The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Canadian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered non-profit charitable organization.

Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles appearing in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated.

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