Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds, Ruthven Deane, 
Q. purpureus, if** £ 
Bull N. 0.0. 1, April. 1876. p. 22 
/ 
May 23. A nest containing three young Crow Blackbird? , 
all of which were albinos, was found by a boy, who saw the 
old bird feeding the young, the old bird being in normal 
plumage. One of the albinos is mounted in my collection. 
The color is a very pale drab, or cream-color. 
yfiyf- ft* *£'■, / }v, *$/. 
O.&O. IX. Feb. 3 884. pAy 
Albino Blackbird . Theodore Hoffman, 
Rockville, Conn., May 15, 1883, shot a 
male Crow Blackbird with a white throat 
and cheeks with a few white feathers scat- 
tered over the body. It was first seen in 
the Spring. O.&O. Fill. Sept. 1883. p. 
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