The Blue Jay: March 1961, Vol. XIX, No. 1

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1961. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, brown and cream covers, Pp1-56. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Willow Ptarmigan (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock about 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Buffalo Rock; Short-eared Owl; Problem of the Lesser Sandhill Crane; Sandhill Cranes of Big Grass Marsh; Mallards do Dive; Apparent escape behaviour of Red-breasted Nuthatch; Kingfisher escape tactics; Trumpeter Swans nesting in Saskatchewan; Bank Swallows nesting in gravel stockpile; Mockingbird at Grenfell; Prairie Nests Records Scheme; Migratory congregations of hawks; Tribute to A.C. Budd (1889-1960); Records of Saskatchewan fern species in the Qu'Appelle Valley; Hooded Ladies' Tresses; Botanical collections in the Black Lake region of northern Saskatchewan; Large-flowered hemp nettle; The examination of starch grains; Bobcat collected near Regina; Summer record of Silver-haired Bat in southern Saskatchewan; The Mud Dauber Wasp; The Bracken Cairn, a prehistoric burial; etc. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.