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Great Horned Owl {Bubo virginianus (Gmelin)). — December 

 7, 1890, a pair, male and female, had been devouring a rabbit 



(Lepus sylvaticus Bachman). — Charles Dury. 



A Vermilion -Albino Milk Snake. — A singularly-col- 

 ored specimen of the common milk snake (Ophibolus doliatus 

 triangulus Cope) was presented to the museum, May 18, last, 

 by Mr. Charles Dury. It had been plowed up in a field near 

 Covington, Ky. Oar usual form of this species is grayish or 

 yellowish white, with chestnut blotches, bordered with jet 

 black. The specimen here referred to has nothing unusual in 

 the pattern of its markings, but the color is quite peculiar. 

 The white is of the purest chalk -white, the chestnut is re- 

 placed by a brilliant vermilion, and the borders of the 

 blotches, instead of being black, are completely destitute of 

 pigment. Iris vermilion ; the pupil was ruby-red in the liv- 

 ing specimen ; now the alcohol has made the lens opaque, 

 hiding the retina. The gastrosteges, usually checkered with 

 whitish and black, are, in this specimen, pigmentless, except 

 a few small squared spots, which are chalk-white. While alive, 

 the animal was translucent, showing plainly the liver and 

 opaque mass of contents in the stomach. Scales in 21 rows; 

 gastrosteges 211; "saddles" 50, No. 39 over the vent; total 

 length, io- ; 8 inches; tail, 1^2 inches; thus the tail a trifle 

 more than one-seventh of the length. [Mus. Acc. Catalogue, 

 No. 12,063.] — Josua Lindahl. 



A Green Dog. — Mr. O. A. Stuckenberg, of Cincinnati, 

 donated to the museum the fresh body of a grayhound pup 

 which had died thirty six hours after birth, February 23, 1897. 

 The color of its coat was distinctly asparagus green, except 

 the head, of the ordinary gray color. Immersion in strong 

 alcohol during several hours, proved as inefficient to change 

 the color as the previous washing with soap-suds, and Mr. 

 Stuckenberg's assurance that the pup was born with the 

 green color can not be doubted. The skin was preserved, 

 and still retains its colors. [Mus. Acc. Catalogue, No. 11,803.] 

 — Josua Lindahl. 



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