246 



Bird -Lore 



the notes of a young Bluebird and imitat- 

 ing perfectly all the fluttering actions of a 

 young bird 'begging for food. Her mate 

 had been near her in the tree, but he flew 

 away and soon returned with food which 

 he tenderly placed in her open bill, while 

 she continued to flutter and 'beg' for it. 

 After a little while both flew away in the 

 same direction. — Edmund J. Sawyer, 

 Watertown, N. Y. 



Notes on Albino Robins 



As albino birds of any kind always 

 attract special attention among people, I 

 thought the following notes might be of 

 interest to Bird-Lore's readers. 



In 191 7 a partially albino male Robin 

 was seen several times near my home in 



AN ALIUNISTIC ROF.IN 

 Photographed by E. R. Warren 



Colorado Springs, Colo. The bird was first 

 seen March 31 and again on the following 

 day, when I secured a few photographs. 

 Though it was quite tame and permitted a 

 fairly close approach, it was difficult to 

 tell how many white feathers there were. 

 As the picture shows, there was one white 

 feather in the upper part of the tail and 

 one or more were mixed in below, a rather 

 vague statement, but that is as nearly as I 



can express it. There was also a round spot 

 3^ to ^ of an inch in diameter on each 

 shoulder. After the above date the bird was 

 seen several times within a radius of 150 

 yards, until June 23, and then not until 

 September 17, when it made its last ap- 

 pearance for 191 7. I was naturally pleased 

 and interested when I saw the bird again 

 March 15, 1918, and it was noted occa- 

 sionally until May 5, since which time it 

 has not been seen. 



During 1918 I saw several other partially 

 albino Robins, and heard of more, includ- 

 ing one entirely white bird. One of those 

 that I saw had a number of small white 

 spots all over it, and another a white spot 

 the size of one's thumb-nail in the middle 

 of its back. This also was a male, and 

 was seen a number of times. These oc- 

 currences would seem to indicate that 

 there is a family or families of these 

 albinos about the city. — E. R. Warren, 

 Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Cardinals and Wrens 



This spring, on March 27, a pair of 

 Cardinals began the building of a nest in 

 a weeping mulberry tree. The tree is very 

 low and quite close to the house and one 

 could almost reach the nest through a 

 window at the side of the house. The nest 

 itself was constructed of sticks and small 

 twigs. 



On April 12, I discovered one egg in the 

 nest. The egg was white, spotted with 

 brown. The next day there was another 

 egg in the nest and the day after that 

 another. Then the female stayed on the 

 nest. 



We often looked out the window and 

 watched them and they grew used to us. 

 I watched the nest closely and on April 

 26 discovered three young birds in it. 

 Then Father and Mother Cardinal were 

 very busy and excited. The male carried 

 worms to the female who, in turn, fed 

 them to the young birds. 



I watched the young birds develop. 

 Often I went to the nest and watched the 

 mother and her little ones. The female 

 always stayed on the nest and did not get 



