2 1 4 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



ZOOLOGICAL MISCELLANY. 



CoNDYLURA cristata (Linn.) Desmarest. Star-nosed Mole- 

 According to Dr. Brayton's list, Vol. IV., [Zoology and Bot- 

 any] of the Geological Survey of Ohio, two specimens of this species 

 have been recorded for Ohio, and I do not know that others have 

 been noted since the date of that publication. So far as I can learn 

 no one has published the occurrence of this species within Indiana. 

 Late in October last I recieved a letter from Mr. J. C. Cunning- 

 ham, of Denver, Ind., saying ^he had a specimen of the Star-nosed 

 Mole from that vicinity. -Upon further inquiry he kindly sent me 

 the specimen for examination together with the circumstances of 

 its capture which are in brief, as follows . " I found the moledeajd 

 in front of my house where I suppose it had been dropped by a cat. 

 The date was July 5, 1S87. Place one mile north of Denver. The 

 specimen is now in the collection of the State Normal School, Terra 

 Haute, Ind. Amos W. Builer. 



Bkookville, Ind., yrt;/?/a'rv 3. 1888. 



Notes Conxerning At.binisri Among Birds. 



The recent extensive contribution to our knowledge of this 

 subject by my fiiend, Mr. Geo. L. 'J'oppan, in Bulletin No. 2, of 

 the Ridgway Orinthological Club, of Chicsgo, apparently leaves 

 little to be said. As I have had the opj^ortunity oi examining an 

 example of at least one species having albinistic tendency, not 

 given by him, I thought a few notes u[)on some species which more 

 commonly show this peculiarity might be acceptable. 



Mcnda viigratoria (Linn.) American Robin. 



A specimen in my collec;ion, No. 1453, is of unusual beauty. The 

 lower parts, tail and back are of nearly normal color. A few white spots 

 on the breast alone relieve the reddish. About half the primaries, 

 most of the secondaries and some of the feathers of the wing 

 coverts are white. The neck is almost encircled by a ring which is 

 white on the back and drab sprinkled with whitish on the sides. 

 The crown and sides of the head have perhaps one third of the 

 feathers white. The specimen as it lies in the cabinet gives but a 

 poor idea of the beauty of this bird as it appeared among a flock of 

 perhaps fifty ot its species. 



