Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds. Ruthven Deane, 
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This species I shot some years ago, and it presents a curious 
mixture of coloration. The black head and breast is mottled 
with white, the black dorsum is replaced by bright orange, with 
a few blackish feathers intermixed, while the belly and crissum 
are much more strongly marked with orange than in a typical 
specimen. I was attracted at some distance by this peculiar 
plumage, and like all abnormal birds it was unusually shy. 
BulL N.O.O. l,April, 1876, p.2! 
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