August, 1886.] 
AND OOLOGIST. 
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The fall of 1885 would seem to have been 
specially marked by the presence of Albinos in 
this section. In the latter part of August I no- 
ticed for several days an apparently wholly white 
Barn Swallow in a large flock of these birds flit- 
ting about in a meadow near my house. 
Early in September a neighbor reported hav- 
ing seen a pure white Gambel Quail, “even 
to the top-knot,” as he said, among a bunch of 
quail in a rocky caion, some six miles from my 
house, and after the first report he mentioned 
having seen it several times. The next report of 
an albino came from the prairie, some eight 
miles in the opposite direction, where it was 
seen, leading a flock of Scaled Quail as they ran 
from a bunch os cactus near the roadside on the 
approach of the wagon in which my informant 
was riding, the first and only time that it was 
seen to my knowledge. Late in October several 
parties reported that they had seen a white quail 
in a flock of Scaled Qual, crossing the road from 
a meadow to the adjacent hillside, within a quar- 
ter of a mile of my house. 
A few days after the last report I was passing 
the spot on a visit to a neighboring house, for 
the first time in six months without my gun, 
when from a clump of bushes in front of me ran 
the quail, and sure enough among them a white 
one. Ihad a fine Opportunity to examine it, as 
the birds were very tame and walked leisurely 
up the hillside. It was nearly a pure white, with 
an occasional feather of the usual color and some 
with a slight bluish shade. For some time after 
that I carried my gun whenever I passed that 
locality, but was never favored with a glimpse of 
the bird again. Mentioning the fact to my friend 
he told me that he could probably account for it 
as R——, an ardent sportsman of the place, 
though not a particularly good shot had told him 
that he had shot at a white quail a few days be- 
fore, and though he found a handful of feathers, 
could not after a thorough search discover the 
bird. The probability was that being badly 
wounded the bird had secreted itself somewhere 
and died. 
I think that the Say’s Pewee may safely be 
classed among the winter resident’s of this sec- 
tion. All through the cold winter months of 
188485, when there were an unusual number 
of snow storms and a great deal of blustering, 
disagreeable weather for this country, I noted 
quite a number of Say’s Pewees in sheltered 
spots, and about the ranches and corrals. Again 
in 1885-86, or up to the time I left the locality in 
the latter part of January they were quite abun- 
dant, though all the other Flycatchers had de- 
parted several months before. The greater part 
of the time during the winter the days are mild 
and pleasant, and there is quite an abundance of 
insect life, so that they would fare well enough, 
but occasionally, almost without warning, a cold 
storm would set in of several days, or a week’s 
duration, and then their allowance must have 
been scanty. 

Dates of the Arrival of Migratory 
Birds in the Spring of 1886, Central 
Park, New York City. 

BY A. G. PAINE, JR. 

(Concluded from page 109.) 
May 10, Pirunga erythromelas, (608). 
Tanager. 
May 10, Actitis macularia, (268), Spotted Sand- 
piper. 
May 10, Botaurus lentiginosus, (190). Ameri- 
Scarlet 
can Bittern. 
May 11, T’roglodytes aédon, (721). House Wren. 
May 11, Syloania mitrata, (684). Hooded 
Warbler. 
May 11, Twurdus fuscescens, (756). Wilson’s 
Thrush. 
May 11, Empidonax minimus, (467). Least Fly- 
catcher. 
May 11, Jeterus spurius, (506). Orchard Ori- 
ole. 
May 11, Tyrannus tyrannus, (444). Kingbird. 

May 11, Hmpidonax flanwentris, (463). Yellow- 
bellied Flycatcher. 
May 11, Icteria virens, (688). 
Chat. 
May 11, Dendroica blackburnie, (662). 
burn’s Warbler. 
May 11, Sylvania canadensis, (686). Canadian 
Warbler 
May 13, Ielmitherus vermivorus, (639). Worm- 
eating Warbler. 
May 14, Sylvania pusilla, (685). Wilson’s Warb- 
ler. 
May 16, Dendroica striata, (661). Black-poll 
Warbler. 
May 17, Zelminthophila pinus, (641). 
winged Warbler. 
May 17, Passerina cyanea, (598). 
ing. 
May 19, Trochilus colubus, (428). 
ed Hummingbird. 
May 20, Chordeiles virginianus, (420). 
hawk. 
For some additions to this list, credit is due to 
Mr. L. B. Woodruff and Mr, E. T. Adney. 
Yellow-breasted 
Black- 
Blue- 
Indigo Bunt- 
Ruby-throat- 
Night- 
