. Bird-lore . at and neck, were pure white. Theblack eye stood out very prominently. Thebreast, back, wings, and tail were theusual slate-gray of the Junco, while theunderparts and outer tail-feathers werewhite, the latter more conspicuous thanin others of its kind. It associated with other J uncos and hadthe same call-notes and song. It was fairlytame and I was able to approach closeenough to see its strange markings dis-tinctly, as well as study it from a windowwhile it was feeding on the lawn close the first three days it was seen only inthe early morning, on the fourth day atnoon, an
. Bird-lore . at and neck, were pure white. Theblack eye stood out very prominently. Thebreast, back, wings, and tail were theusual slate-gray of the Junco, while theunderparts and outer tail-feathers werewhite, the latter more conspicuous thanin others of its kind. It associated with other J uncos and hadthe same call-notes and song. It was fairlytame and I was able to approach closeenough to see its strange markings dis-tinctly, as well as study it from a windowwhile it was feeding on the lawn close the first three days it was seen only inthe early morning, on the fourth day atnoon, and the last day only in the evening. When seen facing one it presented a verycurious aspect, for the darker head wascompletely surrounded by the white neck,making it appear as though the bird hada white ruff about its neck.—Wit. J. Cart-wright, Williamstown, Mass. A Junco with Strange Markings I have become interested in a Junco thathas been seen about my house this springand I am sending this description and. AN ALBINISTIC JUNCO drawing of it in the hope that it may in-tercut others and possibly lead to infor-mation as to its whereabouts at othertimes than the five days it was here thisspring, between April 27 and May 2, io^°-It was very conspicuous in a small flockof other Juncos because of the pure whitecollar thai extended around its neck andthe lower part of its head. On its foreheadwas a very dark, almost black patch while Cedar Waxwings at Hollywood, Calif. On February 6, 1919, while sitting neara rear window on the second floor of myhome, I turned, as my ear caught the whirof wings, to see the air full of birds, wheel-ing and whirling until, as at a signal, theysuddenly lighted on the electric and tele-phone wires strung across the yards. Oneof the high posts formed an apex fromwhich diverged three wires in four direc-tions. On this post and wires the bird>snuggled, sitting very erect, with raised,pointed crest, forming an enormous brownOreek cross. They sat still
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