26 Deane on Albinistic and Melanistic Plumages . 
“ Naturgeschichte der Vogel Dentschlands,” and several seen in the 
collections of foreign Museums, I am indebted to Dr. James C. 
Merrill, U. S. A., who has very kindly placed at my disposal a long 
list of such species which he made while travelling through Europe, 
a number of which are cosmopolitan. 
During the past year I have seen and heard of a great many in- 
stances of albinism, numerous examples of which belong to species 
which I have previously given, and I have to thank many of the 
readers of the Bulletin for information which they have kindly com- 
municated to me. Among some interesting specimens, I may men- 
tion a young Crow, pure white when taken from the nest. A pure 
white Chipping Sparrow, in first plumage, is in possession of Mr. 
N. C. Hammond. A Golden-winged Woodpecker, which I obtained 
from a dealer in Providence, R. I., and which -was shot neaVthat city, 
is a beautiful specimen, the red nuchal patch and the golden shafts 
of the feathers of the wings and tail being the only normal colors 
remaining, the rest of the plumage being a creamy white. An adult 
Red-tailed Hawk, trapped at Tyngsborough, Mass., is pure white 
with the exception of two tail-feathers, which retain the usual color. 
Two specimens of Brewer’s Blackbird, one all white and the other 
pied, collected at Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, and 
kindly presented to me by Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. A. Albino 
examples in this latter species seem to be of very common occur- 
rence. Besides these specimens, Captain Bendire writes that he has 
seen several more or less spotted in Idaho and Oregon. Mr. H. W. 
Henshaw informs me that he has observed them in several localities 
in the West, and Mr. C. A. Allen of Nicasio, California, writes : “I 
had a very interesting specimen brought to me for mounting, a 
male albino Scolecophagus cya?iocephalus, pure white, not a dark 
feather in it ; the bill was also white ; the feet had a bluish cast.” 
Dr. Merrill’s list enumerates some two hundred species of exotic 
birds, which I shall record in a future issue of the Bulletin. 
ALBINISTIC PHASE. 
1. Turdus swainsoni ustulatus. Oregon Thrush. — Dr. J. C. 
Merrill has kindly sent me a specimen of this Thrush which he shot at 
Fort Shaw, Montana, May, 1879, the interscapulars of which present a 
hoary appearance, the feathers being only tipped with white. 
2. Harporhynchus rufus. Brown Thrush. — Examined a fine 
specimen, dull white, with darker shading at the extremities. Shot at 
Norwood, Mass., April 9, 1879. 
