Field Notes 33 



FIELD NOTES 



An Albino Goldfinch. 



During August, 1915, I observed an albino bird a few miles 

 west of McCoolc, Neb. By following tbe bird, observing it with 

 glasses, and observing its flight I identified it as a goldfinch. Hav- 

 ing never seen the record of an albino goldfinch I consider this 

 worth while reporting. There seemed to be no color in any of 

 the plumage. 



David C. Hilton. 



Notes from North Carolina. — A Tree Sparrow (Spizella m. 

 monticol(i) came to my feeding station on January 27 and stayed 

 through January 30. This was following a heavy snowfall for 

 this region on the night of the 25th. The tree sparrow has been 

 recorded but rarely from the mountains of North Carolina, and 

 once from Chapel Hill, near the center of the state. While this 

 was only a sight record I feel sure of my identification, for I was 

 perfectly familiar with the bird in northern Ohio, where it was 

 one of the commonest winter birds, and this specimen was ob- 

 served on several occasions at less than six feet. 



According to Pearson, Brimley and Brimley, " The Birds of 

 North Carolina" (1919) the Starling (Sturmts vulgaris) has not 

 yet been recorded from North Carolina, although it has been re- 

 corded from Newport News, Va. It seems worth while, therefore, 

 to record the following note. Messrs. R. W. Collett and W. F. 

 Pate, while hunting near Willard, N. C, about December 19, 1919, 

 saw a flock of three strange birds and shot into the flock, securing 

 one specimen, which was brought to me for identification, and 

 which proved to be a Starling. This specimen is now preserved 

 in the North Carolina State Museum. "Willard is located about 

 33 miles due north of Wilmington, N. C. 



Z. P. Metcalf. 



West Raleigh, N. C. 



Do Birds Remigrate? — Living as I do so near the border 

 land between Northern and Southern bird conditions, I am led 

 to believe that there is an extensive intermigration among cer- 

 tain species of birds in winter and early spring, a bridght day 

 in winter I have often seen 75 to 100 Robins, while after a severe 

 storm I would not see even one for two or three weeks. The 

 Bronzed Crackle does not remain here through the winter, but is 

 very abundant at Nashville, Tenn., only 75 miles south of here. 



