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for it at a little distance. Included by Gould in the 

 British list, it has not yet been satisfactorily identified 

 in this country, though it might well occur here as 

 an occasional summer visitor. 



Fam. ORIOLID^. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE. Oriolus galbula, Linnasus. PI. 14, 

 figs. 3, 4, 46. Length, 9 in. ; wing, 6 in. ; tarsus, *8 in. 



An annual summer migrant. The nest has been 

 found in Kent several times, in Dorsetshire, Devon- 

 shire, and Suflfolk. In 1849 a nest containing three 

 eggs was taken, together with the parent birds, at 

 Elmstone, in Kent. Another nest and eggs were 

 taken at West Mill, near Wingham, Kent, in 1851, 

 and were long preserved at the Rectory there (Rev. 

 H. L. Jenner). 



Orioles are believed to have nested in 1871 in 

 Surrey, and in Northamptonshire, according to obser- 

 vations made by Mr. Howard Saunders and the late 

 Lord Lilford. Messrs. Sheppard and Whitear have 

 referred to a nest found near Ormsby, in Norfolk. 



In 1874 a pair of Orioles bred in Dumpton Park, 

 near Ramsgate, and on July 12 1 saw the hen bird 

 sitting on the nest ; on the 22nd of July the young 

 had flown, and were afterwards seen in the park 

 in company with the parents. A detailed account 

 of the occurrence will be found in " Our Summer 

 Migrants," p. 268. 



There is some circumstantial evidence of this 



