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ALBINISTIC BLACKBIRD. 



A Blackbird {Turdus merula) of an unusual type was brought 

 to me in northern Ayrshire on July 28th, 1911, in a very 

 emaciated, condition. The plumage was of a uniform light 

 buff-colour with a ruddy tinge, the feathers being slightly 

 darker at their tips than at their bases ; the wings when 

 spread approached a dark cream-colour ; the beak was 

 bone-colour, devoid of pigment ; the legs very Hght with a 

 pinkish tinge ; the eyes a very dark pink, showing ruby -red 

 in certain lights. The bird, which seemed about five or 

 six weeks old, only survived a few hours. 



R. Oswald Blyth. 

 [This bird was kindly sent to me by Mr. Blyth. The outer 

 webs of the primaries were emarginated to the sixth, inclusive, 

 proving it to be a Blackbird, but in size it was more like a 

 Song-Thrush, the wing measuring only 112 mm. A paler 

 median -streak was distinctly noticeable in some of the feathers 

 of the upper-parts, showing that the bird was in its juvenile 

 plumage. The eyes appeared to have no pigment at all. 

 Unfortunately the organs were too decomposed to allow of 

 their examination. — H.F.W.] 



WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT IN SUSSEX. 



Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsa}^ records [supra, page 23) that a 

 White-spotted Bluethroat {Cyanecula wolfi) was obtained at 

 Pett, Sussex, on May 15th, 1911. I wish to record that 

 another male was obtained at the same place (Pett Level) 

 on May 17th, 1911. J. B. Nichols. 



MARSH-WARBLER BREEDING NUMEROUSLY 

 IN WORCESTERSHIRE. 



In British Birds, Vol. III., page 157, j^ou published a 

 short account of my experience with the Marsh- Warbler 

 [Acrocephalus palustris) in Worcestershire. 



On June 9th, 1911, I paid a visit to the same place, with 

 the intention of making a thorough search of the district, 

 and gaining more knowledge of these interesting birds. 



On the first day of my visit I heard but a few notes of one 

 bird only, but I had no difiiculty in recognizing the song as 

 that of one of my old friends of two years before. Near 



