Albinistic Plumages. E. Deane. 
22. Pious villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. — Under date of March 
10, 1879, Mr. Frank R. Rathbun, of Auburn, N. Y., writes: “Messrs. 
Gilbert and Flahive, of Penn Yan, N. Y., have in their possession five 
specimens of P. villosus representing albinism. Through the kindness of 
Mr. Flahive I have been enabled to make a drawing of one of them, which 
I send you. What seems remarkable is the fact that the specimens men- 
tioned are all precisely alike in their details of color. No dates or record 
of sex were taken at the time of shooting ; the birds, however, have been 
obtained during the past two or three years.” The well-figured coloring 
shows that the usual black markings of the bird are replaced by a light 
chestnut-brown, and represents a very strange-looking Woodpecker. 
Bull. N. O.O. 5, Jan. j 1880, p. 28 
