BULLHriN No. 35 47 



AN ALBINO TOWHEE, Pipilo eiyt/iophtbalmus.—On the 5th 

 of March Mr. John Timmons of South Kirkwood, shot an Al- 

 bino Towhee and kindly presented me the specimen. The 

 bird was found in company with others of the same species, in 

 a brush heap on newly cleared ground on hillside adjoining a 

 swamp, about one half mile from Kirkwood Station, on the At- 

 lantic Power Electric Car Line. The stomach contained frag- 

 ments of. some minute undetermined coleoptera, two small pieces 

 of acorns, some tips of the seeds of the Tulip tree, or Yellow 

 Popular, as it is commonly called in the South, and a quantity 

 of small white gravel. The condition of the body after the re- 

 moval of the skin appeared to be normal, with no indications of 

 malformation or desease. Directly under the wings, the neck, 

 entire length of the back, a decided pink tint was appreciable, 

 while the fleshy portion of the breast was the usual color of 

 other birds of the same species; the inside of the gizzard show- 

 ing the same pink cast of the other parts of the specimen. 



Throat, breast and upper part of abdomen, white; a light 

 chestnut brownish cast on lower part of abdomen, and under- 

 neath the tail, this color showing on each side of the breast 

 from the bend of the wing, merging into a smoky white on the 

 thighs. Wings a grayish brown with the usual white markings 

 peculiar to the species, Under parts of the tail feathers grayish 

 brown, with white on the lower parts of the inner webs of the 

 first three, the four central feathers white, showing conspicuously 

 from above. Forehead dashed with spots of light chestnut 

 brown, but darker than the brown on the other parts of the 

 specimen. Rest of head and entire upper parts white, witn a 

 few light chestnut brown feathers immediately over the rump. 

 Ten fe.ithers in the tail. Bill black — eyes black — feet brown. 

 Length 7,00, wing 3,25, exposed culmen 0.50, Tail 3,25. 

 Measurement in inches before removing skin. 



ROBT. Windsor Smith, KirkiMud. Ga. 



