38 GOLDEN ORIOLE. GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



[Family — Pycnonotid.^.] 



[Genus — Pycnonotus.] 



[Pycnonotus barbatus — Dusky Bulbul] 



Its occurrence in England very doubtful. 



[Pycnonotus capensis — Gold-vented Thrush.] 

 Waterford, Ireland, 1838, doubtful. 



Family— ORIOLID^. 



Genus— ORIOLUS. 



ORIOLUS GALBULA— Golden Oriole. 



This bird has been found in the county several times. 

 There are two local specimens in our museum : one of these 

 came from the collection of Mr. Moss, of Ross, and was 

 taken at Weston-under-Penyard, near that town ; the other was 

 also killed at the Chase, near Ross, and was formerly in the 

 collection of the Philosophical Society. The late Rev. Henry 

 Cooper Key saw the Golden Oriole at Sugwas ; and Mr. Charles 

 Fortey states that one was seen in 1883 at Hay Park, near 

 Ludlow. In the middle of May, 1884, a pair of Orioles were 

 seen and watched at Monnington-on-Wye. The Golden Oriole, 

 according to M. Prevost's list, is a very destructive visitor to the 

 gardens, but it is too rare a bird to render it necessary to point out 

 its misdemeanours, or to disturb the equanimity of our gardeners. 



Family— LANIID^. 



Genus— LANIUS. 



LANIUS EXCUBITOR— Great Grey Shrike. 



An occasional visitant to the county, and generally in the 

 neighbourhood of the Black Mountains. Mr. Lingwood records it 



