Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — Beats a White Black Bird. [ARTICLE]

Beats a White Black Bird.

A strange freak of nature was brought to town Tuesday afternoon, from Milroy Tp., by a young fellow named Robinson and by him presented to his brother-in-law, County Superintendent Hamilton. It is a crow that is pure white all over, excepting its bill which is black. Young Robinson observed the white crow flying about with other crows and set some sort of a trap, and in this he caught the bird. When he found the bird in the trap it was dead and he thinks some hunter came along and shot it, not noticing that it was in a trap. The crow was shown to the members of the high school, and is now in the hands of Mrs. I. B. Washburn for stuffing. Such a freak of nature as a white crow is surely something very unusual, if not unheard of. It is a pity that this one had not been caught and preserved alive.