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TWO MORE ALBINOS. 
I may App the following to your recently 
published list of albinos: Red-winged 
Blackbird, collected by Edwin Roslin, 
Greeley, Colo. This bird, a male, was 
pure white with the red and orange on the 
wings. Barn Swallow, collected by Charles 
Boyd, Greeley, Colo. This bird, a male, 
was pure white with pink eyes, collected 
just after leaving the nest. 
GLENN S. WHITE. 
Fort Morgan, Colo. 
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A NOTE FROM WISCONSIN. 
THE PAST SEASON has been a remark- 
able one here for the abundance of Ameri- 
can Redstarts. I fouud about 4o nests 
with sets ranging from 3 to 5 eggs, and 
from 2 to 5 young. In one day ina small 
woods found 16 nests. Red-eyed Vireo, 
Indigo Bunting, Wood Pewee and Md. 
Yellow Throats seemed more abundant 
than ever before, and Yellow Warblers less 
so. W. E. SNYDER. 
Beaver Dam, Wis. 
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THREE ALBINO CROWS. 
I HAVE in my possession four live Crows 
taken out of one nest. One is black and 
three are white, with a little buff tinge on 
wings; point of wings black; a few little 
black spots around bill, eyes dark; bill 
black and white, spotted; feet and legs, 
white. 
Is there any record of three birds like 
these found in ove nest? They are very 
healthy, but are in poor plumage, being 
kept in a small box before I bought them. 
They were taken this summer in Larre 
county, Oregon, near Cottage Grove. 
Both of the parents were black. 
Portland, Oregon. F. A. STUHR. 
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A NEW MOUSE TRAP. 
WHILE in front of the cage in Golden 
Gate Park which contains both squirrels 
and birds, I witnessed an unusual sight. 
I was observing the White-necked Raven 
in particular, when it came quickly toward 
me and lit on an old tree root. It looked 
into the nicks and crevices as though 
searching for something. Making a quick 
move it drew from a hole a mouse by the 
tail, which it had captured. Leaping to 
the gronnd, it placed its foot on the mouse 
to hold it, and pounding at its head with 
its beak, killed it. Then picking up the 
mouse it walked toward me, and stood 
with it a little while, as though conscious 
of the feat it had accomplished. It then 
flew into a corner, carrying the mouse in 
its bill and commenced to pull it in pieces 
and devour it with apparent relish. 
Gro. H. Warp. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
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CONNECTICUT NOTES. 
I THINK THAT in consequence of the 
early and continued warm weather, the 
Northern-bound Warblers went by without 
any delay. At any rate, I have no recol- 
lect of a time when all kinds were so rare 
as they have been the last spring. 
But Iam more puzzled about the Red- 
starts and Parula Warblers. Some years 
ago they used to be abundant here in the 
migrations, and were common breeders. 
But they have been growing scarce, until 
now they seem to be almost extinct here. 
I have not been able to find one of either 
species during spring, though I have been 
in search of them several times in the places 
where I used to be sure of finding them 
during their migration. 
I really hope they have uot left for good, 
as they were great favorites of mine. 
C. M. JoNgEs. 
Eastford, Conn. 
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ABUNDANCE OF BLUEBIRDS. 
ON the 3rd of this month (Sept. ) while 
waiting for a train at Mt. Marion, Ulster 
county, N. Y., I saw a flock of about two 
dozen Bluebirds flying about the station. 
Reports from various parts of the country 
seem to indicate that they are zo¢ so scarce 
as was formerly supposed. ‘This is the first 
time, however, that I have seen any in this 
locality lately. 
ALLAN A. BRADLEY. 
