1898 
October 14 
Albino 
White- 
throate d 
Sparrow 
Still another day spent superiysing the work at 
the Barrett Farm. Dean to the cabin for lunch. While on 
my way back and just as I was descending the slope beyond 
Bensen's, a large flock of Juncos accompanied by several 
White-throated Sparrows and a few Yellow-rumps started from 
an asparagus bed and flew into the thicket by the roadside. 
Among them was an albino which I took to be a White-throated 
Sparrow. It was very tame and most conspicuous in the 
dessest cover. Imtched it a long time. It was wholly 
snow-white with a white bill. In the absence of all color 
I could only judge of its identity by its size and shape, 
which seemed to refer it to Zonotrichia . 
It would not make any sound, so I could get no clue in that 
way. The only thing that made me at all doubtful as to its 
being a White-throated was the fact that it hopped and flitted 
about very much after the manner of a Junco but it seemed 
altogether too large for a Junco. It was decidedly the 
finest albino I have ever seen living and I regretted that 
I had no means of securing it. 
