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Albino Winter Wrens. 



BY C. S. BKIMLEY. 



On Nov. 14, while out collecting, my brother 

 killed a Winter Wren which had the whole plu- 

 mage, white or whitish. Next day, while col- 

 lecting within a few yards of the same place, he 

 took another Wren with white at the base of 

 the wing quills. The query naturally suggests 

 Itself as to whether they did not belong to the 

 same brood, and this is the more probable, as i 

 in the second one there was preciselj^ the same 

 amount of white on each wing. I append de- j 

 scriptions as of some interest: Wintei- Wren, 

 female, whole plumage more or less white or 

 whitish, under parts unmarked, markings 

 showing faintly on wing and tail, upper parts 

 with a wash of brownish, top of head darkest; 

 taken Nov. 15, (L. 3 7-8, W. 1 3-4, J. 1 3-16, E. i 

 .T 5-8.) Winter Wren, male, partial albino, the [ 

 basal three-fourths of the primaries and second- : 

 aries pure white, a few white spots on wing | 

 coverts, the white markings on wing exactly | 

 similar; taken Nov. 15, (L. 4 3-16, W. 1 15-16, | 



