Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer- 

 tain North Am. Bbs. Wax. Brewster. 



5. Mimus carolinensis. 



First plumage : male. Pilenm dull sooty-brown, many shades lighter 

 than in adiilt. Wings and tail as in adult ; interscapular region brownish- 

 ashy, shading into pale cinnamon-brown on the rump. Entire under 

 parts barred obscurely with dull brown on a very light ashy ground ; 

 crissum pale, dead cinnamon. In my collection from Cambridge, Mass., 

 August 9, 1875. 



Buli.N.0.0. 8, Jan.,1878.p. 



AlbiBism and Melanism in North 

 liSrican Bird* Bnthven D.ane. 



I have recently procured an immature specimen of the Catbird 

 from Mr. H. K. Coale of Chicago, 111., which was shot at Hyde 

 Park, 111., the 21st of July, 1878. Dr. Charles C. Abbott informs 

 me that a pure white bird of this species with pink eyes was captured 

 alive on his grounds at Trenton, N. J., and sent to the Museum of 

 Biology at Princeton, N. J. 



BnU. N.O.C. 1, Jan.. 1879, p. 28- 



BiRDs IN Confinement. I have added 

 to my aviary since I last wrote a very odd 

 specimen of the Catbird family. It has a 

 broad band of white across the tail, about 

 an inch from its tip. There is also one 

 white feather in the right wing. Other- 

 wise, Mimus is no different from others of 

 his race. But you have no idea what a 

 peonhar appearance that white stripe gives 

 him, especially when his tail is fully 

 spread. Have you ever met with a like 

 specimen ? I found him in the store of a 

 Fourth-avenue dealer in New York, who 

 told me he was an unusually fine singer ; 

 but he has not yet favored me with a, 

 song. I have also a Myrtle Bird {Dendroe- 

 ca coronata,) a charming little fellow ; 

 and a Chewink {Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 

 among my native birds. I trust the com- 

 ing Spring will add many more to my list, 

 jj — Annie 2'rumhuU Slosson, Hartford. 



