26 Deane on Albinistic and Melanistic Plumages. 



" Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutscblands," and several seen in the 

 collections of foreign Museums, I am indebted to Dr. James C. 

 Merrill, U. S. A., who has very kindly placed at my disposal a long 

 list of such species which he made while travelling through Em'ope, 

 a number of which are cosmopolitan. 



During the past year I have seen and heard of a great many in- 

 stances of albinism, numerous examples of which belong to species 

 which I have previously given, and I have to thank many of the 

 readers of the Bulletin for information which they have kindly com- 

 municated to me. Among some interesting specimens, I may men- 

 tion a young Crow, pure white when taken from the nest. A pure 

 white Chipping Sparrow, in first plumage, is in possession of Mr. 

 N. C. Hammond. A Golden-winged Woodpecker, which I obtained 

 from a dealer in Providence, R. I., and which was shot near that city, 

 is a beautiful specimen, the red nuchal patch and the golden shafts 

 of the feathers of the wings and tail being the only normal colors 

 remaining, the rest of the plumage being a creamy white. An adult 

 Red-tailed Hawk, trapped at Tyngsborough, Mass., is pure white 

 with the exception of two tail-feathers, which retain the usual color. 

 Two sjDecimens of Brewer's Blackbird, one all white and the other 

 pied, collected at Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, and 

 kindly presented to me by Capt. Charles Bendire, U, S. A. Albino 

 examples in this latter species seem to be of very common occur- 

 rence. Besides these specimens. Captain Bendire writes that he has 

 seen several more or less spotted in Idaho and Oregon. Mr. H. W. 

 Henshaw informs me that he has observed them in several localities 

 in the West, and Mr. C. A. Allen of Nicasio, California, writes : " I 

 had a very interesting specimen brought to me for mounting, a 

 male albino Scolecophagiis cyanocephalus, pure white, not a dark 

 feather in it ; the bill was also white ; the feet had a bluish cast." 



Dr. Merrill's list enumerates some two hundred species of exotic 

 birds, which I shall record in a future issue of the Bulletin. 



ALBINISTIC PHASE. 



1. Turdus swainsoni ustulatus. Orp:gon Thrush. — Dr. J. C. 



Merrill has kindly sent mo a specimen of this Thrush which he shot at 

 Fort Shaw, Montana, May, 1879, the interscapulars of which present a 

 hoary appearance, the feathers being only tipped with white. 



2. Harporhynchus rufus. Brown Thrush. — Examined a fine 

 specimen, dull white, with darker shading at the extremities. Shot at 

 Norwood, Mass., April 9, 1879. 



