72 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
under parts are rusty black, each feather having a 
broader grey edging than in the male; wings and 
tail same as in the male. 
This is the description of a pair in my collection, 
which were shot at Pixton, near Dulverton, in this 
county, in June, 1866. Another mature specimen 
I have was probably killed in the autumn, soon after 
the moult, as the black feathers on the upper parts 
are slightly edged with grey. In the young bird the 
crescent on the breast is scarcely to be seen; its 
position, however, is just to be discerned on a close 
inspection. 
The eggs appear to be something like those of a 
Blackbird, but not quite so thickly speckled. Yar- 
rell says the eggs are of a light blue, speckled and 
spotted with reddish brown. 
GOLDEN ORIOLE, Oriolus galbula. Having seen 
one specimen, a female, of this rare and very beauti- 
ful summer visitant, at Mrs. Turle’s, the birdstuffer 
at ‘Taunton, which had been killed near Minehead, 
T have to include it in the list of Somersetshire 
birds.* 
The Golden Oriole is an occasional summer 
Visitant, and has been met with in most of the 
« Since writing the above I have seen another Somerset- 
shire specimen, also a female, said to have been shot at 
Bradford, near 'Taunton, and now in Mr. Sandford’s collection 
at Ninehead Court. 
