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normal. PrimariK's, secondaries, and 

 tail, ashey, with white quills. Feathers 

 of tail very much worn. Eyes black. 

 Field Sparrow. (563) 



(a) Killed by Mr. Arthur Resler, Jan. 

 14. 1891. White Feathers were sprink- 

 ■eled irregularly throughout the noimal 

 ones, but the general appearance of the 

 bird was white. 



Song Sparrow. (.581) 



(a) Shot March '^0, 1890, in Montgom- 

 ery Co., by Mr. Harold B. Stabler. He 

 writes me that it was white with excep- 

 tion of heail, \viug,s, and tail which were 

 normal, only being of a lighter hue than 

 usual. Breast was very faintly streaked. 

 Fox Sparrow. (585) 



(a) One in a taxidermist's shop here 

 was shot near Bayview, Baltimore Co. 

 With exception of wings and tail which 

 are normal, the rest of the body is a 

 pure white intermixed with a few brown 

 feather.s. 



(b) March 10, 1897, in company with 

 M"*. F. U. Kirkwood. I saw a male in a 

 mixed tiock of Fox and Song Sparrows, 

 in Anne Arundel Co. We followed it 

 for some time tlu.shing and watching it. 

 It was Very wild, and • ach time it was 

 flushed it would dart^off into the bushes. 

 Rump and tail pure white with the ex- 

 ception that two middle feathers of the 

 latter were normal, as was balance of 

 plumage. 



Wilson's Thrush. (756) 

 (a) Specimen in the museum of The 

 Maryland Academy of Sciences, this city, 

 was killed some years ago near Middle 

 River. Baltimore County, by Mr. Alex. 

 WoUe. Pale yellowish brown on the 

 back, breast still lighter, belly white. 

 Feet and bill light brown. Shafts of all 

 feathers are white. 



AMERICAN Robin (761). 

 (a) White, looks as though it were 

 soiltd; head and cheeks grayish, breast 

 and belly dark gray very slightly 

 streaked with brown, but it is almost 

 imperceptible; feet and bill darker than 

 normal, eyes black. Killed in Freder- 



ick Co., and now in ihe museum of 

 The Maryland Academy of Sciences. 



(b) Entire specimen mottled all over 

 with white, eyes black, tarsus and bill 

 lighter than a normal specimen. 

 English Sparrow 



It is a very common thing to see this 

 bird with a few white feathers showing 

 in some part of its plumage, and I will 

 only give a few of my numerous records. 



(a) One killed in Frederick Co., by 

 Dr. H. H. Hopkins about August 1890, 

 was a pure white all over. 



(b) One on Charles Street, Baltimore. 

 I first noticed Oct. 20, 1892, and numer- 

 ous times, since up to July 1897, when 

 it was last seen It was always noted 

 in the same block, and on no occasion 

 more than 100 feet from the spot where 

 it was first seen. Head whitish, back 

 and under parts a light shade of brown, 

 the primaries, rump and tail a creamy 

 white. When bird flies from the ground 

 it puts you in mind of a Snowflake. 



(c) Jan. 20, 1893, I saw one on Charles 

 Street with one white primary in right 

 wing. 



(d) On Charles Street I have several 

 times seen one with several white prim- 

 aries in left wing. 



(e) Oct. 10. 1896, on South Street, 

 Baltimore, one with several white 

 feathers in tail. 



(f) July 3, 1896, a male, on Maryland 

 Ave., Baltimore, a soiled white color 

 all over with exception of black spot in 

 breast, and head and tail which were 

 of a brick red color. 



Wm. H. Fisher, Baltimore, Md. 



My First Trip in '99. 



concluded from august OOLOGIST. 



As we kept on we found plenty of 

 nests, but none of them very valuable. 

 Pied-billed Grebes played all around us, 

 but their eggs had no charms for us 

 and they were so wary I could not 

 watch them on their nests. Here was 



