Bds. Obs. b.t Little and Great Gull Is- 
lands, N.Y. Aug. ’88 B.H.Dutcher, 
8. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — An individual of 
this species was picked up dead at the foot of the tower on August 8, hav- 
ing killed itself against the Light during the night. Before I was ready to 
skin it the insects instituted a prior claim on the body, so the skin was not 
preserved. This individual was the only one seen on the trip. 
Aak, VI. April, 1889. p. /,!£. 
izz-fA. ac cv, ■ 
Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmate^sandpiper. — First seen July 21; 
was more or less common until Sept. 16; last seen Sept. 23. 
Aak 27. July-1910 »< 3 </&~ 
An Albino Semipalmated Sandpiper. — In view of modern inquiry 
into the significance of abnormal color phases among animals, it may be 
of interest to record a totally albino specimen of Ereunetes pusillus. 
The specimen, No. 10466, Museums of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 
and Sciences, sex undetermined, age apparently adult, was purchased 
at auction from the estate of the late J. J. Crooke, Esq., of Great Kills, 
Staten Island, N. Y. Superficially it is entirely white save where the 
plumage is fat-stained, but the feathers are uniformly dark at their bases. 
The inscription on the label reads, — “ (?) Shot on the shore of Long Is., 
Oct. 20, ’62, out of a flock of sanderlings (T. arenaria). Resembles a T. 
pusilla in everything but color. ”’t— Robert Cushman Mtjrphy, Museum 
of the Brooklyn Institute. J*Jk .X* ix. /f't' fv. 
Albinism and Melanism in North 
American BirdB# Kuthven Deane, 
I have m my collection a skin of the Semipalmated Sandpiper, 
which was found in Quincy Market, Boston, by Mr. J. T. Heftye of 
Christiania, Norway, in October, 1876, who kindly presented it to 
me. The head, neck, and upper parts are of a uniform light gray, 
and it lacks the buff on the breast and sides. 
Bull. N. O.O. 4, Jan., 1879, p . 29 
