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pecker pure white , even the tarsi, toes, and bill.* It was shot, Oct. 10 , 
1871, in Williamstown, Penn. 
24. Cathartes aura. Turkey Buzzard. — Mr. S. N. Rhoads, of 
Haddonfield, N. J., informs me of a specimen which he saw in Pennsyl- 
vania, August, 1879, showing white primaries and secondaries of both 
wings. Mr. C. H. Naum an records an albino C. aura, shot near Smyrna, 
Fla. (Am. Nat., Yol. IY, p. 376). 
25. Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzard. — In Naumann’s work al- 
ready cited (Yol. I, p. 351), several specimens in albinistic plumage are 
described, — white, with larger or smaller brown spots, sometimes few and 
sometimes many. 
26 . Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. — Naumann (Yol. I, 
p. 211) cites Gmelin’s Falco albus as a white variety of this species, and 
says that a wholly white variety doubtless occurs. 
27. Meleagris gallopavo. Wild Turkey. — -In the winter of 
1878-79 I saw a specimen entirely white said to have come from the 
West. 
28. Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus. — Common Sharp- 
tailed Grouse. — Capt. Bendire writes me that specimens showing 
albinistic traces have been observed by him. 
29. Lophortyx gambeli. Gambel’s Partridge. — Partial albino 
specimens not uncommon (Bendire'). 
30. Scolopax rusticolor. European Woodcock. — Albinos are 
not of rare occurrence (Merrill). 
31. Tringa canutus. Red-breasted Sandpiper. — An instance of 
albinism cited in the “ Zoologist,” Yol. IX, 1851, p. 3116 (Merrill). 
32. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. — Mr. Geo. E. Browne, of Ded- 
ham, Mass., shot an albino Sanderling at Cotuit, Mass., Oct. 22, 1879. 
The bird was pure white, with the exception of a faint line on the head. 
In the “ Zo5logist,” Nov. 1879, p. 460, Mr. C. M. Adamson records a 
white Sanderling which was shot at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Aug. 
28, 1879, “ nearly all white ; the centre of the head cream-color, shaded 
to white, gradually and evenly marked there as elsewhere. Beak and 
legs olive.” 
33. Limosa hudsonica. Hudsonian Godwit. — A specimen in 
the Museum at Amsterdam, Holland (Merrill). 
34. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — Specimens 
cited in Naumann’s “ Naturgesch. der Yogel Deutschl.,” and in London 
“ Field” of March 26, 1870 (Merrill). 
35. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — A specimen 
in the Derby Museum, Liverpool, England (Merrill). 
* In many descriptions of pure albinism, the bill, tarsi, feet, claws, etc. are. 
also given as being white like the plumage. In such examples I have generally 
found the bill, feet, etc. , light flesh-colored, but never of a milky whiteness. 
