def dist_ts(ts, lab = '', bins = 40):
    import scipy.stats as ss
    # two subplots side by side
    f, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(7, 3))
    # histogram with labels
    ts.hist(ax = ax1, bins = bins, alpha = 0.5)
    ax1.set_xlabel('Value')
    ax1.set_ylabel('Frequency')
    ax1.set_title('Histogram of ' + lab)
    # plot the q-q plot on the other axes
    ss.probplot(ts, plot = ax2)

dist_ts(white, 'white noise')