Editor O. & O.: 
I have read somewhere that patches of white 
feathers on birds, where white feathers do not 
naturally belong, is the result of a tape worm. 
On the 15tli of May, 1889, I shot a Black Snow- 
bird (Junco hyemalis). The head and neck is 
pure white, some white on the rump and a 
little on the wings. I examined the intestines 
under a good glass and found a tapeworm two 
inches long. I mounted the specimen and 
have it now in my collection. W. Bishop. 
Itentville, N.S., July 28. 
O.& O. XIV, Jsuj . 1889 p. 
Albimism and Melanism in North 
American Birds* Rutbven D*-ane, 
On the 30 th of November, 1878 , Mr. 
William Brewster saw a pure white Black Snow-Bird in his garden, 
m Cambridge, Mass. It was in company with a flock of the same 
species, but unfortunately he was unable to secure it. 
Ball. N.O.O. 4, Jan., 1879, p. 29 
Auk, XIV, July, 1897 r -.*77. 
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An eastern Junco (<J ad., No. 4956, Miller collection, North 
Truro, Mass., April 12, 1890) has the wing-coverts tipped with 
white so that two distinct bars are formed in each wing when the 
feathers are properly arranged. These bars are narrower than 
in most specimens of the western Junco aikeni, but I have seen 
individuals of the latter in which they are less well developed 
than in the North Truro bird. Juncos with white wing bars have 
been found in the Eastern States before but they are of very rare 
occurrence. f ' 
