Jp* 
Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds, Ruthven Deane 
ft G. Wilsoni I have been shot in white plumage, 
BnlL N,©.0, 1, April, 1876, p.22 
Wilson’s Snipe ( Gallhiago xvilso?ii ) Nesting in Massachusetts. — 
As I was hunting for Least Bitterns’ nests in one of our swamps in 
Brookline, where they breed in considerable numbers, — that is, I found 
three nests this year there, one with three eggs, the other two with five 
young ones apiece, — I thought I w'ould leave the sedges^ where they build 
and look among the high grass, which grows at the side of the marsh 
for a Carolina Rail’s nest. Just on the border of the grass I started up a 
Snipe, that seemed to me to sit closer than usual and in a very curious 
manner. She came very near to me, chiding me as if in great trouble. 
I looked in the grass very carefully and finally found her nest, with four 
half-grown young birds, which, when I approached, scampered off 
among the high grass which surrounded the nest. They seemed to be 
able to run about and take care of themselves perfectly well. The date 
was the 18th or 19th of June, I cannot be sure which, as I have mislaid my 
book in which it was entered. I think the eggs must have been laid 
about the second or third week in May, which seems to me quite early. — 
Nathaniel A. Francis, Boston , Mass. 
Bali N; 0.0, 8, Got. 1888. P, AV3 
668. Late Snipe. By S. R. Ingersoll. Ibid., No. 26, p. 515. — Taken at^ ^ 
Cleveland, O., Dec. 23, 1883. 
Fo r, & Stream. Vol. XXI 
OuA 'l/* U/xEj~. ' -'C Ch , J 7 1 T_ 
^ • For, & Stream. Vol. 34 , /.p. . y« t - ye s' j 
554 - Wilson’s Snipe. By J. H. L. (Buffalo, N. Y.). Ibid., XIX, No. 
6, PP- U2, 113. Feb. to, 1883. — On the habits of Gallinago -wilsoni ■ 
American FieltS* 
AJiyJjtXL. , 
1 ft- 2.67 
PP- 503 . 504— J- A. A. 
Auk. 4, Oct. 1887, p. 337-3*1 A- 
publications Received. — Berlensch. Hans ,mn v^.. 
1703. Col. Pickett’s English Snipe. Ibid. — Gallinago delicata 
wintering in Wyoming. See also antea, No. i68o.For, &Stream, Vol, 80 
1265. The Habits of Snipes. By A. Guthrie. Ibid., No. io, March 
5, p. 224. — Snipe seen alighting in trees and on fence^M&^Fic&n Fl^UL X S C VIj 
18S9. [ Haunts of Gallinago delicata.'] Editorial. Ibid., March 27 
d. 18^. TP/yi*. vr 1 ° ' r , . j v—, , 
1680. The Hardy Snipe. By W. D. Pickett. Ibid ..Feb. 2 p. 24.- 
Galli nago delicata winterin g in Wyoming. For, & Stream. VOl, Q 
1740. Jacksnipe in January. By G. C. P. Ibid., Jan. 17, p. 515. — 
Gallinago delicata (?) at Granville, Ohio. < 8 §Str©&X 0 .e ' 7 0 l t ol 
