GOLDEN ORIOLE 119 



observations of ornithologists. The attention of natura- 

 lists was drawn for the first time to this beautiful bird 

 in Kent by the Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett in his 

 Ornithology of Kent, published in the Zoologist, 1844, 

 who stated that "one of these brilliant birds was shot 

 at Sandwich." Upon seeing this Mr. E. H. M. Sladen 

 wrote to the Zoologist, 1844, as follows : — 



"You solicit notes of the occurrence of rarieties in 

 Britain. I heard of the specimen of the Golden Oriole 

 recorded by Mr. Bartlett as shot at Sandwich, and last 

 year I rescued another from the dust of a cottage shelf 

 in the village of Ripple, near Walmer. It had been 

 given to a child by a gentleman's servant, but I was 

 unable to trace its history any further, in consequence 

 of the servant having accompanied his master into 

 Scotland. The plumage was much soiled, but on being 

 placed in the hands of Mr. Leadbeater and cleaned the 

 bird turned out a fine male specimen, I allude par- 

 ticularly to this bird from having been told by a friend 

 in Kent, who gave me the authority of the Curator of 

 the Museum, Dover, for his statement, that the Golden 

 Oriole had a nest in the same neighbourhood (the Oxney 

 plantation, by Kingsdown) two or three seasons ago. 

 I have not had an opportunity of making enquiries, but 

 perhaps some Kentish ornithologist may be able to 

 furnish information on the subject." 



0?i the Nesting of the Golde?i Oriole in Kent. — " Having 

 made enquiries about the nidification of the Oriolus 

 galbula in East Kent, mentioned by Mr. Sladen {Zoolo- 

 gist, 1844, 762), I am enabled to send the following notice 

 of the occurrence, which may prove interesting to some 

 of the readers of the Zoologist. In the month of June, 

 1836, a nest built by a pair of these beautiful birds was 



