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wing. An albino Swamp Sparrow is in Mr. Boardman’s collection, 
taken at St. Stephens, N. B. On the 30th of November, 1878, Mr. 
William Brew r ster sa,w a pure white Black Snow-Bird in his garden, 
in Cambridge, Mass. It was in company with a flock of the same 
species, but unfortunately he was unable to secure it. Mr. S. Palmer 
of Ipswich informs me that he has an albino Indigo-Bird. 
A mottled Rusty Blackbird has been mounted by Mr. W. H. 
Collins of Detroit, Mich., and Dr. J. G. Cooper of Haywood, Cal., 
writes me that he has seen a partial albino specimen of Brewer’s 
Blackbird. 
In a letter from Mr. Charles E. Aiken, this gentleman states that 
his friend, Mr. C. N. Holden of Chicago, 111., has a perfect albino 
Wood Pewee. 
The only instance of albinism occurring in the Chimney-Swift, 
which has come to my notice, is a fine pure white specimen in the 
collection of Mr. Jesse Warren of West Newton, Mass. In Volume 
III, page 192 of this Bulletin, Mr. C. A. Allen gives a description of 
partial albinism in the Anna Humming-Bird. 
Mr. Boardman informs me of a partially white Belted Kingfisher 
which he saw at Halifax, N. S., and Mr. Collins writes me that there 
is a male specimen at the Museum of the Detroit Scientific Associa- 
tion which was taken near that city in 1872. It is of a creamy- 
white color, though the natural markings of the plumage can be 
seen. Through the kindness of Mr. N. C. Brown I have been 
enabled to procure a most beautiful specimen of the Black-billed 
Cuckoo ; the plumage is of immaculate whiteness ; the bill and feet 
are dull white, and the collector said that the eyes were pink. It 
was taken in the vicinity of Portland, Me. 
Mr. Robert R. McLeod of Houlton, Me., has generously pre- 
sented me with a fine specimen of the female Spruce Partridge, 
which was shot in the vicinity of that town. The tail is pure 
white, a few primaries and secondaries of each wing are white, 
while on the upper and lower parts the white feathers are quite 
evenly interspersed with the black and buff plumage, and present a 
beautifully marbled appearance. 
I have in my collection a skin of the Semipalmated Sandpiper, 
which was found in Quincy Market, Boston, by Mr. J. T. Heftye of 
Christiania, Norway, in October, 1876, who kindly presented it to 
me. The head, neck, and upper parts are of a uniform light gray, 
and it lacks the buff on the breast and sides. In the Museum at 
