September 3, 1943 McChord Field , Wash Sparrow Hawk >245 September 4, 1943 0630 a.m. FWT 2 Mallards picking up gravel along the road going into McChord Field near clover Creek. The male flew first when I approached. September --15, 1943 Two or Three Pipits seen around the grass areas and hangers at McChord Field. September 17, 1943 McChord Field Wash. 0700 PWT >246 Large numbers of Barn swallows flying around the hangers this a.m. Also a flock of about 25 pipits flying and calling around the #2 hanger. They like to stay on the roof of the hanger. 1400 PWT. Hanger #2 On the afternoon of September 17, 1943, during lapse in duties at the Weather Station, I observed a flock of approximately 150 Barn Swallows (Hirundo erythrogaster) that had settled down on part of the concrete runway about 300 yards from the hanger. I was curious so I rode the station's bicycle out to where they were. As I approached close to them I caught a flash of white in their midst. It was an albino barn swallow. It was of normal size and shape, but its entire body color was a very light grayish-buff. I observed it for several minutes at a distance of about 20 feet and then they flew away. As they did so, the normal birds seemed to shun the albino and occasionally one of them would actually dive at him. The albino was very east to see in flighst as long as the flight stayed below the horizon line. As to the satisfaction of the original question "Why were the swallows on the concrete runway?" -- I did not find the answer. September 18, 1943 -- Tacoma 512 So 51st St. Little Flycatcher Ore. Chickadee Pipits at McChord Field. Sept 19 and 20, 1943 -- Pipits at McChord Field. >247