Albiniam and Melanism in North 
American BiTdSt Butiiven Deane, , cedrorum has 
been tak» in .o,«. 
»»* appendages on the wings, “ > ft , bo dy bote a 
feathers retaining coloi, while t 
bleached out appearance. 
BullN.O.C. l.April,1876 )P .2l 
Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer- 
tain North Am, Bbs. Wm. Brewster. 
47. Ampelis cedrorum. 
First plumage : female. Above generally duller cinnamon than in 
adult, with obscure streakings of dusky-buff ; rump grayish-brown with a 
tinge of olive. Tail narrowly tipped with gamboge-yellow. Two secon- 
daries on each wing slightly tipped with the red waxen appendages. En- 
tire under parts brownish-huff, palest about anal region, deepest on throat 
and chin ; breast and sides streaked thickly with cinnamon- brown. A 
dull black line, starting from the nostril, passes through the lore to the 
eye, where it terminates, embracing, however, the anterior half of both eye- 
lids. From a specimen in my collection, taken at Upton, Me., August 14, 
1874. I have seen specimens of this species in the first plumage with 
not only the secondaries wax-tipped, hut several of the tail-feathers also. 
Nor is this horny appendage peculiar to the male, as has been stated, for 
several undoubted females before me have it fully developed. Much va- 
riation likewise obtains among different individuals In respect to the num- 
ber and position of these appendages. One specimen (a male, Cambridge, 
March 21, 1870) has every feather of the tail conspicuously wax-tipped, in 
addition to nine of the secondaries on each wing, while another has the 
primaries (excepting the first three) tipped broadly with white, and in the 
centre of each white spot a smaller one of yellow. 
BuLL N. O.O. 3, April, 1878. p. £y. 
Brief Notes. 
A Rare Bird.— While collecting in Williamsport, Md., 
the past winter, I was fortunate enough to secure a fine 
partial Albin o Cedar Bird. A description of the bird may- 
be of interest to some of the readers of the O. and O. Back, 
white streaked with blackish brown ; head and breast, a 
mixture of reddish brown and white ; throat, white ; breast, 
light reddish brown, running into yellow on the abdomen ; 
wings, white with a blackish bar running diagonal- 
ly across and having the wax tips ; tail, white with the 
usual yellow tips ; feet and bill, several shades lighter than 
those of a normally colored specimen. These colors and 
mixtures combined to form one of the most beautiful birds 
that I ever had the pleasure to look upon.— .7. F. Whiting , 
Dorchester , Mass. 
O.&Q. IX.May. X8b4.p.(,/. 
