The Blue Jay: December 1968, Vol. XXVI, No. 4

Regina: Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1968. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp165-216. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Red Squirrel (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: True Conservation by Thomas Gwynn; Pollution of the North Saskatchewan River by Beattie Martin; Wild Life in India by Jagdish Aggarwal. Birds: Pileated Woodpecker nests at Good Spirit Lake; Taping the song of the Golden-winged Warbler; The Harlequin Duck in Saskatchewan; Additional bird species for Cree Lake; Porcupine in Ferruginous Hawk's nest; New sighting of Band-tailed Pigeon in Alberta; Recoveries of Robins banded in Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan bird banders William I. Lyon and H.E. McArthur; Eighth Annual Report of the Brandon Junior's nest-box project, 1968; Report on nest-box successes in the Indian Head area; An attempt by a Ruffed Grouse to eat a mouse; Slate-colored Junco nesting in Barn Swallow nest; Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism on junco and Barn Swallow; Mockingbird seen at Marshall, Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan Falconry Association raptor banding - a summation; R.J. Fitch's list of Saskatchewan Butterflies; An observation of interspecific behaviour in Dragonflies; Short-tailed Shrew at Nipawin; The extension of the Western Smooth Green Snake into south central Saskatchewan; The Deer Mouse as a nest competitor and possible predator of the Mountain Bluebird. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.