could be detected on back and head. As I had no gun the bird was not 

 secured, but a good view was had at about fifteen yards distant. — J. N. 

 Clark, JMcridian, Wis. 



Albinos at San Antonio, Texas. — During the summer of 1894, I 

 found albinos among the three following species : Dwarf Cowbird, Black 

 Vulture, and Krider's Hawk. All were unmistakable albinos. — A. H. 

 W. Norton, San Antonio, Texas: 



Unusual Winter Birds at Oberlin, Ohio. — Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker. — Never before during my six years residence in Oberlin, have I 

 found the Red-heads all winter, even in the most favored places. During 

 the past winter (1895-6) there have been from four to twenty individuals 

 in every considerable woods within ten miles of Oberlin. The birds 

 liave been very local in their distribution even in the warmer weather, 

 and one had need to visit that part of the woods in which they made their 

 headquarters before being aware of their presence. They never wan- 

 dered far from one locality, even for food. During the whole winter 

 their notes were so greatly modified that I did not recognize them as be- 

 longing to this species, until I had caught the bird in the act of uttering 

 the note. Instead of delighting in lowly perches on the fence or near 

 the ground, as in summer, the birds confined themselves to the tops of 

 the tallest trees in the denser parts of the woods. Taken all together, 

 there was a marked difference in the habits and actions compared with 

 the bird as we know it in summer. I can give no sufficient reason to 

 account for their presence during this winter in particular. Their food 

 has not been more plentiful than usual, nor has the winter been more 

 mild than many other winters. They seem to have forgotten to migrate. 



Flicker. — This is one of the few winters when the Flicker has been 

 present even in limited numbers, during the entire winter. Unlike the 

 Red-head, it has not been confined to the woods — has, indeed, scarcely- 

 been in the woods at all, but in the open fields and about town. It has 

 been entirely silent all winter, and for the most part solitary. On Feb- 

 ruary 27 the first call note was heard. During the coldest nights one 

 found a comfortable roosting place behind the water-pipe on the west side 

 of the Library building. Being an inhabitant of the College campus, he 

 probably picked up his living from the streets. He was never heard 

 from until the first of March, when his call note began. 



Snowflake. — During the greater part of February Snowflake was a 

 regular inhabitant of the fields, but so wary that any study of them 



