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pecker jmre tvhite, even the tarsi, toes, and bill* It was shot, Oct. 10, 

 1871, in Williamstown, Penn. 



24. Cathartes aura. Turkey Buzzard. — Mr. S. N. Rhoads, of 

 Haddonfield, N, J., informs me of a specimen which he saw in Pennsyl- 

 vania, August, 1879, showing white primaries and secondaries of both 

 wings. Mr. C. H. Nauman records an albino C. aura, shot near Smyrna, 

 Fla. (Am. Nat., Vol. IV, p. 376). 



25. Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzard. — In Naumann's work al- 

 ready cited (Vol. I, p. 351), several specimens in albinistic plumage are 

 described, — white, with larger or smaller brown spots, sometimes lew and 

 sometimes many. 



26. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. — Naumann (Vol. I, 

 p. 211) cites Gmelin's Falco albus as a white variety of this sjiecies, and 

 says that a wholly white variety doubtless occui's. 



27. Meleagris gallopavo. Wild Turkey. — In the winter of 

 1878-79 I saw a specimen entirely white said to have come from the 

 West. 



28. PedioBcetes phasianellus columbianus. — Common Sharp- 

 tailed Grouse. — Capt. Bendire writes me that specimens showing 

 albinistic traces have been observed by him. 



29. Lophortyx gambeli. Gambel's Partridge. — Partial albino 

 specimens not uncommon (Bendire). 



30. Scolopax rusticolor. European Woodcock. — Albinos are 

 not of rare occurrence (MerriW). 



31. Tringa canutus. Red-breasted Sandpiper. — An instance of 

 albinism cited in the " Zoologist," Vol. IX, 1851, p. 3116 {Merrill). 



32. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. — Mr. Geo. E. Browne, of Ded- 

 ham, Mass., shot an albino Sanderling at Cotuit, Mass., Oct. 22, 1879. 

 The bird was pure white, with the exception of a faint line on the head. 

 In the "Zoologist," Nov. 1879, p. 460, Mr. C. M. Adamson records a 

 white Sanderling which was shot at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Aug. 

 28, 1879, " nearly all white; the centre of the head cream-color, shaded 

 to white, gradually and evenly marked there as elsewhere. Beak and 

 legs olive." 



33. Limosa hudsonica. Hudsonian Godwit. — A specimen in 

 the Museum at Amsterdam, Holland (Merrill). 



34. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — Specimens 

 cited in Naumann's " Naturgesch. der Vogel Deutschl.," and in London 

 " Field" oflMarch 26, 1870 (Merrill). 



35. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — A specimen 

 in the Derby Museum, Liverpool, England (Merrill). 



* In many descriptions of pure albinism, the bill, tarsi, feet, claws, etc. are 

 also given as being white like the plumage. In such examples I have generally 

 found the bill, feet, etc., light flesh-colored, but never of a milky whiteness. 



