. British birds. Birds. OTE5 ALBINISTIC A Blackbird {Turdus merula) of an unusual type was brought to me in northern Ayrshire on July 28th, 1911, in a very emaciated, condition. The plumage was of a uniform light buff-colour with a ruddy tinge, the feathers being slightly darker at their tips than at their bases ; the wings when spread approached a dark cream-colour; the beak was bone-colour, devoid of pigment; the legs very Hght with a pinkish tinge ; the eyes a very dark pink, showing ruby-red in certain lights. The bird, which seemed about five or six weeks old, only survived a
. British birds. Birds. OTE5 ALBINISTIC A Blackbird {Turdus merula) of an unusual type was brought to me in northern Ayrshire on July 28th, 1911, in a very emaciated, condition. The plumage was of a uniform light buff-colour with a ruddy tinge, the feathers being slightly darker at their tips than at their bases ; the wings when spread approached a dark cream-colour; the beak was bone-colour, devoid of pigment; the legs very Hght with a pinkish tinge ; the eyes a very dark pink, showing ruby-red in certain lights. The bird, which seemed about five or six weeks old, only survived a few hours. R. Oswald Blyth. [This bird was kindly sent to me by Mr. Blyth. The outer webs of the primaries were emarginated to the sixth, inclusive, proving it to be a Blackbird, but in size it was more like a Song-Thrush, the wing measuring only 112 mm. A paler median-streak was distinctly noticeable in some of the feathers of the upper-parts, showing that the bird was in its juvenile plumage. The eyes appeared to have no pigment at all. Unfortunately the organs were too decomposed to allow of their examination.—] WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT IN SUSSEX. Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsa}^ records [supra, page 23) that a White-spotted Bluethroat {Cyanecula wolfi) was obtained at Pett, Sussex, on May 15th, 1911. I wish to record that another male was obtained at the same place (Pett Level) on May 17th, 1911. J. B. Nichols. MARSH-WARBLER BREEDING NUMEROUSLY IN WORCESTERSHIRE. In British Birds, Vol. III., page 157, j^ou published a short account of my experience with the Marsh-Warbler [Acrocephalus palustris) in Worcestershire. On June 9th, 1911, I paid a visit to the same place, with the intention of making a thorough search of the district, and gaining more knowledge of these interesting birds. On the first day of my visit I heard but a few notes of one bird only, but I had no difiiculty in recognizing the song as that of one of my old friends of two years before. Near. Please note that
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