P. podiceps [Podilymbus podiceps], Albino robin
Nantucket.
1875.
Sept. 23 [September 23, 1875] Clear and rather warm. Spent all the
forenoon skinning the birds shot yesterday
& day before. Stone [William Stone] helping me on them.
At [delete]three[/delete] 3 P.M. started off in the wagon
with S & B. Fisher again acting as
guide. Drove in an Easterly direction
towards and to within 2 miles of,
Siasconsett [Siasconset]. Saw no birds worthy
of mention excepting a grebe
(P. podiceps) [Podilymbus podiceps] in Gibb's pond
and a very fine snow white albino 
robin. The former bird I stalked,
and shot both barrels at, unaccountably
missing him: he was so completely
surprised that instead of diving he
flapped off along the surface, making
for the middle of the pond and
when some way out he stopped
and sat still uttering a low & quite
mellow honk, almost like the
call of a goose but not nearly so
loud or strong. Shot several 
P. savanna [Passerculus savanna] & one C. passerinus [Coturniculus passerinus]
all of which I gave to B.
Saw numbers of Colaptes auratus & 
Har. rufus [Harporhyncus rufus] & large numbers
of M.M melodia [Melospiza melodia]. The country
is very like that to the S. & W. [south and west]
of the town, vast rolling commons.
There are said to be a few
wild rabbits on the inland L.
sylvaticus [Lepus sylvaticus] probably. Crows are
very abundant everywhere.
Black ducks remain in numbers
through the winter living entirely
on the sea.