A .1 bi nisi* and Melanism in North 
American Birds* Ruthven Deane, 
In a specimen of Z. albi- 
collis, kindly presented to me by Mr. N. C. Brown, of Portland, 
Maine, the head is pure white, with the exception of the yellow 
superciliary stripe which remains and causes a marked contrast. 
Bua N.O.Q. 1, April, 1876, p.21 
Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds* Ruthven D eane, 
Z. albicollis , 
Bull. N.O.O. l.April, 1876, p.2l 
A curious Anomaly in the White-throated Sparrow ( Zonotrichia 
albicollis ). — On Sept. 28, 1904, I took at Germanicus, Renfrew Co., 
Ontario, a male bird of this species, that showed a strange freak in the 
tail. While all the other feathers are of normal length and development 
(2.50 in. long), one shows a length of 3.75 in- It is of the same color as 
the other tail feathers, but the vanes are narrower. Near the ends of the 
other rectrices it is much attenuated, as though it had wanted to step 
growing at that point. It is the only instance of this kind that has come 
under my observation. — C. W. G. Eifrig, Ottawa , Ont. 
Aak, XXII, July, 1905. p . 3>3'3>d, 
