The Blue Jay: March 1969, Vol. XXVII, No. 1

Regina: Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1969. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp1-60. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Great Gray Owl, Prawda, Manitoba, January 13, 1969 (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay; A Journal of Natural History and Conservation for Saskatchewan and Adjacent Regions' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: The need for citizen involvement in conservation organizations: the example of the National Parks, by J.G. Nelson; A Palaeontological Holiday: A Visit to the Hunter Quarry Near Eastend, by Mrs. Hope Johnson. Birds: Twenty-seventh annual Saskatchewan Christmas bird count, 1968; Bybridism in the Eastern and Mountain Bluebirds; Reminiscences of bird banding at Davidson, Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan bird banders: Reuben and A.C. Lloyd of Davidson; The Knot as a migrant in southern Manitoba; Further records of the Varied Thrush at Rosetown, Saskatchewan; Clark's Nutcracker at Moose Jaw; Bill deformity in Clark's Nutcracker; Turkey Vulture breeding records in Saskatchewan; Brown Thrasher at Island Lake, Manitoba; New Saskatchewan Butterfly Records; A preliminary botanical survey of the Big Muddy Valley in Southern Saskatchewan; plus book reviews, including Denning habits of the Polar Bear; etc. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.