Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds* Ruthven Deane, 
Mr. John Akhurst of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., writes me that he once shot a Savannah Sparrow pure 
white with the exception of the head and neck, which had a creamy 
tint. 
Bull N. O.O, 4, Jan., 1879, p. 28 
