Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-05
AIbino Game.

do not care to write an article for
publication but will give you the fol-
lowing items regarding albnos, writes
NJ. Hardy of Brewer, in the Phillips
Phonograph Although | have handled
many thousands of moose hides, over
500 in one year. | nave never seen the
slightest trace of it. l heard of the
white one you mentioned being killed
but never heard the report corroborated.
have seen a good many caribou
skiing; no kind of albinism in any Maine
animals but some are at least three
fourths white taken at Georges bay
Albino deer are much more abundant
than formerly Some so years ago
handled a pile of over 1000 hides at one
time and not a single albiristic enc
among them. Since then the proper
ton has seemed constantly to increase.
There seem a good many pure white
and more which We're partly So | saw
one alive this year near Naharakarta
lake which had a wide cream cOlored
stripe the whole length of her back.
l once bought a fox which was taken in
Maine which was pure white except
legs from knee, and backs of ears
which were malta. This was not an
AltllC IOA DIS IL fyStli Aeti4 eNAANt 4NSNNA
like our red foxes | have bought three
pure white otters and seen several
others also one of creamy white. /
have also bought three foxes about one
third pure white in patches like Jer-
sey cows. l have bought and seen It
great many pure white mink. MI
Crosby has mounted three, all from
near the same locality, have also seen
several malta mink, In handling over
half million Of muskrats, | have seen
but one pure white one, and one with y
white patch on each side of neck
It is a mistake that the white pOrcu-
pine mounted at Nile is the only one
ever taken in Maine. A good many have
been seen. My father saw one pure
white, some 10 years ago. Edwin Bud
of Bangor, mounted one. Louis
Ketchem saw one this fall and 1 have
quite frequently heard of their being
seen. Have certainly known of six or
eight. ! have seen a snowy white rae
coon alive. and last spring Mr.. Cole
man of Holden, caught two pure white
Woodchucks which he sold to a circus
company at Bangor. | have also heard
of others / have seen one beaver skin
about fourth white. and another
about cne-eighth white. Have had
several lynx half white. Have had =
bear with nose all white and long hair,
and back and sides coal black thichly
sprinkled with white hairs, like a silver
fox Have seen skins of pure white
and also coal black. red squirrels, Have
seen cream colored grey squirrel, and
known Of several pure white CneS being
taken. Have seen a red WOods-mOuse
all white from shoulders to hips. Have
seen skins Of a harbor seal taken in
fenobscot bay which was as white as
snow. | have had seVerel sable or pine
marten of bright lemon yellow With
Whte heads.and have caught enc which
mad hind legs and thighs pure white.
nave heard of a white fisher being
taken nut never saw one, but have seen
very light grey with head all white. 1t
y curious circumstance that al
Enough great many sllunks have a
large part of the back white, yet I
nave never known Of a white one being
taken. have several times seen those
Whlch had its points. which usually are
WHITE, Of pink color and nose of 4
pale brown. | once saw a weasel early
III September which was pure white.
rms must have been an albino as they
40 not turn till late in November. I
nave seen two wild rabbits taken in
winter both of which We're black or
uark slate color. Both were mounte 1
ana owned near Bangor
| nave also seen skins Of wolves taken
~ the Northwest which We're pure
"hite' yellow and also coal black. The
large number of albino or albinistic
"''as Which | have collected. inclines
,',e 70 the belief that there are very few
MINUS OF animals or birds in the United
states. but at some time have some Of
s'e'l hlid either partially or wholly
III most cases | have known of,
ne parents were the normal color. al
'noush have known of some cases
ii, the second generation were
NJ. HARDY.
Gavnar ,aiS schooner. Triton. 10 tons. Capt.