158 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST. 
We arrived in the park at 9:45 a. m., and found the white 
robin just at the edge of the grass taking a bath in a pool of 
water made by a leaking hose. Mr. Woolums went into his 
house*and got some bread crumbs. He approached the bird 
within ten feet and threw the crumbs to it; but the robin was 
enjoying its bath too much to heed anything else. Presently 
it felt satisfied and flew to a swing, which was nearer to us 
both. Here it remained a few minutes, giving us an excellent 
view. From the swing the albino went up into an elm tree 
just overhead, where it rested and preened its feathers. 
Three days later I made another trip to River Side Park in 
company with Dr. J. W. Hornbeck, an ornithologist from 
Northfield, Minn. We arrived at the park at 10:15 a. m., but 
could not locate the bird for ten minutes. At length a lady 
who feeds the robin daily, decried it in a tree near her house. 
Here we observed the bird with our field glasses for five 
minutes, hoping it would descend to the lawn where we could 
see it better. It soon began to flutter in the trees, and then 
flew across the street and alighted in another tree. We 
followed it, but not too closely. In another minute it de- 
scended to the ground, and suddenly the male bird and 
another young robin came up to the albino. The old bird had 
a worm in its bill, which was intended for the white fledgling, 
but was grabbed by. its greedy brother. The albino then flew 
towards the river, but we did not follow it any further. Our 
view of these robins. had been quite satisfactory, and was, 
perhaps, an experience that few other bird lovers had ever 
enjoyed. 
Dr. Hornbeck, with his powerful field glasses, found the 
eyes of the albino to be yellowish-pink. Various opinions 
about the color of the bird’s eyes had been expressed by differ- 
ent observers, the more general one being that it was some 
shade of pink. The bill was a lighter yellow than in the ordi- 
nary robin. These variations from the normal robin’s eyes 
and bill seemed to harmonize with the albino’s plumage. On 
the head and throat the color was a dusky white. 
Mr. Woolums told me he first discovered this albino on 
May 23, soon after it had left the nest. At the present writ- 
ing (July 10) the bird would be about seven weeks old. I was 
surprised.to learn that the parents feed their young so long’ 
