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DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS
1500 K STREET, NW.W., SUITE 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
(202) 626-3300
March 22, 1996
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Coventry Group
File Nos. 33-44964 and 811-6526
Dear Sir/Madam:
On behalf of The Coventry Group, a registered, management investment
company (the "Group"), pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933
we hereby certify that the form of prospectus for the Ernst Global Asset
Allocation Fund and the form of combined prospectus for the Ernst Global Asset
Allocation Fund, the Ernst Global Smaller Companies Fund and the Ernst
Australia-New Zealand Fixed Income Fund of the Group that would have been filed
under Rule 497(c) does not differ from that contained in the most recent
post-effective amendment (filed March 19, 1996), the text of which was filed
electronically.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jeffrey L. Steele
Jeffrey L. Steele
