8 THE AUDUBON [BULLEN 
Albino White-throat 
Mr. KARL E. BARTEL, of Blue Island, has supplied us with the portrait of 
an albino white-throated sparrow which he captured in a trap at his Oak 
Hill banding station on October 19, 1946. | 
PHOTO BY WATLING BROS. 
Albino White-throated Sparrow 
The only points of identification were the yellow spot before the eyes 
and a tinge of lemon yellow at the bend of the wing which all white- 
throats have. The eye was very dark. 
The bird was deposited with the Brookfield Zoo and may be seen there 
by anyone sufficiently interested. 
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WHILE HIKING thru the farm fields and woods these days and while looking 
for birds that will be spending the winter with us, your thinking inevitably 
takes you back to the days when most of the fields resounded to song during 
the summer months. Then you are reminded of the distances many of the 
summer bird residents are travelling this fall to spend the winter. 
For example, one field you walk thru is brown and almost devoid of 
birdlife this week. Yet only a few months ago it was the home of the 
bobolinks which nest on the farm each year. This lovely songster is 
typical of the farm birds that scatter far and wide for the winter months. 
The bobolink flies southeast to the Atlantic coast. Wherever wild rice 
