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five in all — had not been removed, the Wood 

 Thrush would not have been able to hatch 

 a single nestling, and, if she had, the lusty 

 young Cowbirds would have smothered 

 or crowded it out of its rightful home. — ■ 

 Geo. P. Perry, Sterling, III. 



Albino Flickers 



These Flicker photographs were taken 

 June 15, 1907, in the southwestern part 

 of Ohio, near New Paris. The nest was 



the nape. The shafts of the tail feathers 

 were yellow, as in the normal, and the eyes 

 were pink, as is usual with albinos. The 

 white birds were fully as large as the 

 others, and quite as lively. 



One week after the photographs were 

 made, all the birds had left the nest, but 

 one of the albinos was found on a small 

 tree nearby. It was secured, and is now 

 in the collection of the Biological Depart- 

 ment of Earlham College, at Richmond, 

 Indiana. 



NEST OF WOOD THRUSH WITH THREE COWBIRDS' EGGS 

 Photographed by George P. Perry 



discovered about May 30, by Miss Ruth 

 Petry, at which time the birds had been 

 hatched some days. The nest was in a 

 large basswood fence-post, with the open- 

 ing only two feet from the ground. The 

 nestlings were six in number, but only two 

 of them showed any departure from the 

 normal. 



These two were creamy white in color, 

 with the exception of the red crescent on 



The other bird remained in the neigh- 

 borhood of the nest for about a month. 

 From its behavior in flight, especially its 

 tendency to circle about, it seemed prob- 

 able that the light blinded it more or less. 

 After some weeks, nothing more was seen 

 of it. It is likely that it paid the penalty 

 of uniqueness, and fell a victim to some 

 predatory Hawk. — Loren C. Petry. 

 Haverford, Penna. 



