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Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroeca coronata). All the slate and 
ish colors are replaced by dull silvery gray 
The common Quail ( Ortyx Virginiana) is vocina found with 
tints so light, dull, and faded as to fairly be considered albinotic. 
s a specimen in this condition in the Smithsonian Institution. 
sion, “a white blackbird” is hardly so paradoxical as it might seem; 
indicates as hry established a fact as that ‘‘ blackberries are red 
ey are g k 
The Biy Guillemot -> gry e and the Sea-dove (Mergulus 
are both very obnoxi albini and, in fact, each has 
described in this sep as a mtii species. But the albinotic 
dition of the Black Guillemot must not be confounded with its m 
winter o which is nearly white. The albino has no black 
ever about it; the eyes are pink, and the bill and feet flesh-colored. 
he pede of albinism among the large Gulls of the genus 4 
reine unusual interest. The study of this condition among 
birds is more than a matter of simple curiosity; having im ? 
of plumage. The bird referred to is abont the size of, or ke 
than the Burgomaster (L. glaucus). If it is really a valid § 
would constitute the only known exception to the rule, that all the 
Lari have the ba a nd wings nme than the under parts. 
The Phila 
an I 
Red-throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis), It is nearly 
with av eyes and flesh-colored bill and feet. 
e opposite of albinism — Melanism—is an extremely rare 
At om moment I can recall but a single instance of its occurrence: 
white upon or under the wings. In this state it has been dest 
distinct species ( Uria “unicolor”).—Dr. ELLIOTT COUES; 
RETURN or THE Breps.—The following birds, which left ® 
southern quarters about November pe see to the vicinity 
vers, Mass., in numbers, at the dates giv 
ild Geese passed to the northward yee 26; Black 
bins, Red-shouldered Hawks, Blue-jays arrived March 2; 
Gold-finches, Lesser Red-poll Linnets, March 4; Star-DI ™ 
Woodcocks, March 8; Golden- winged Woodpeckers, ha 
Bluebirds, March 12; Red-winged Blackbirds, Swamp » 
low-winged Sparrows, March 15; Common Pewees, Marsh H ; 
25; Wood-ducks, Crow Blackbirds, March 26; White-bellied 
(four specimens), March 27.—J. H. Sears, Danvers. 
