Mi ’niem and Mela’Uf'm in North 
American Birds. Buthven Deane, 
The only one 
among the Falconidce, on my list, is that of B. borealis, a mag- 
nificent example, pure white, taken on the Hoboken marshes, 
N. J. 
BuLL N. O.O. 1, April, 1876, p. 22 
Albinistic Plumages- B,Dea*«. 
Red-tailed Hawk, trapped at Tyngeborough, Mass., is pure white 
with the exception of two tail-feathers, which retain the usual color. 
- Bull. N. 0.0. 5, Jan,, 1880, p,20 
Albino. — I have this Fall succeeded in 
taking in good plumage a beautiful snow 
white Hawk, Jiuteo b orealis albino, fe- 
male, average size. A few feathers on back 
of head are tipped with brown. Has nested 
in an adjoining town for four years. None 
of the young exhibited any traces of albi- 
nism. Are there many cases of albinism 
with this species or with raptores in gen- 
eral ? Of course I have spared no pains to 
make a first class specimen, and he is a 
beauty — Geo. M. Marchres, Albany, Fit 
P. S. — Our Northern birds are coming 
early this Winter. The Red-polls, Pine- 
finch, Pine Grosbeaks, have been with us 
. - « — z/ 
about two weeks. O. & 0 « Vlll. Jau, 1883. 
a Red-tailed Hawk ( Buteo borealis) from Delaware Co., Pa., 
which is white, with the exception of the tail, which is of the usual red 
color. 
//. 
Bull N, 0.0, 8,Apil. 1883, p. /Z& ■ 
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