Albinism, and Melanism in North 
American Birds* Butlaven Deane, 
Bull. N.©.G. 1, April, 1876, p. 23 
in the collection of Henry Chapman, one of 
San Francisco’s oldest naturalists and taxider- 
ists (now deceased), was a fine mounted Albino 
j Buffle-Head ( Gharitonetta Albeola), being as 
j pure white as a Snowy Goose, none of the 
| characteristic markings of the duck’s feathers 
| showing in the mantle of white. It was brought 
in to Mr. Chapman by one of the many bay pot 
hunters. 
IA/\ 0 . 
( f 9 + (o . %iu . >i*~uL . i<*w- )>■&£ ■ 
nr 
