414 NOTES ON ALBINO BIRDS. 



Slate-colored Junco or Snow Bird (Junco hyemalia). 



Killed February 24,. 1670, in Henrico County , Va. Bill, feet, and 

 irides normal. Isolated white feathers scattered throughout rest of 

 plumage, but these not noticed until after the bird was shot. Sex not 

 determined. 



Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla). 



(a) Killed February 14, 1880, in Chesterfield County, Va. Tail mainly 

 white ; white feathers in each wing, rest of plumage normal ; sex not 



*1l) Kulfd December 3, 1881, at Currituck, K C, on the beach. Nearly 

 perfect albino; plumage white with a faint bully tinge on upper parts ; 

 bill and feet light yellow ; irides pink ; sex not determined. 



o) Killed in Chesterfield County, Va, but did not skin, a field spar- 

 row with numerous white feathers scattered throughout plumage. 



House Sparrow {Passer domesticus). 



June 12, 1882, saw in the streets of Richmond, Va, an English spar- 

 row with both wings nearly white. 

 Cedar Bird (Ampelis cedrorum). _ 



Killed September 29, 1873, on an island in James River, opposite Rich- 

 mond Va. Was feeding with a large nock upon sugar berries. An in- 

 teresting specimen; almost perfect albino; feet and bill pale yellow; 

 irides pink; a few dark feathers in the wings, rest of plumage pure 

 white, except that the yellow tips of the tail feathers and the yellow of 

 the belly and the scarlet wax-drops of the wings remained unchanged ; 

 sex not determined. 



Robin (Hernia migratoria). 



(a) Killed February 26, 1S80, in Chesterfield County, Va.; norma 

 feathers profusely intermixed with white ones; all feathers of tail 

 but one white; primaries and secondaries largely white ; very notice- 

 able during life, the bird appearing as if sprinkled with snow. Impos- 

 sible to save skin, except that of neck and head. Irides normal ; bill 

 and feet slightly paler ; sex, male. 



(/,) Killed March 17, 1880, in same locality as above; most perfect 

 albino among the lot; plumage entirely white, though badly soiled ; 

 bill and feet very pale yellow ; irides pink; sex, not determined. 



Bob-White (Colinus virginianus). 



November 29, 1881, was shown the white wings of a "partridge," 

 killed in Albemarle County, Va, the rest of whose plumage was said to 

 have been normal. 

 Crow i Corvu8 amer'.canus). 



May 26, 1879, saw at a distance, in Henrico County, Va, a crow with 

 a large white spot in each wing ; was unable to get a shot at it. 



