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Turiol ; the French, Loriot ; the English, Oriole ; — all of 

 which are said to have some resemblance to the sound of the 

 bird''s call-note, and to have given origin to its name.* 



In April 1824, a young male in its third state of plumage 

 was obtained at Aldershot in Hampshire. When shot, it 

 was in company with some Blackbirds. This specimen was 

 purchased and preserved for the Rev. Dr. G. Thackeray, the 

 Provost of King's College, Cambridge, by whom it has been 

 most obligingly lent me for my use in this Avork. Two 

 examples are recorded by Dr. Moore to have been killed in 

 Devonshire. By a communication from Mr. Couch of 

 Polperro, I find that several specimens have been obtained 

 in Cornwall ; Montagu, in his Supplement, also mentions 

 two instances ; and Mr. E. H. Rodd has sent me a notice 

 of one shot in 1833 near the Land's End. Pennant has 

 recorded one shot in South Wales. One was shot in Gorton 

 Fields, near Manchester, in July 1811 ; and another was shot 

 in Quermore Park, near Lancaster, which is now preserved in 

 the Museum of that town. For this last communication I 

 am indebted to Mr. T. Howitt, jun. From Mr. Thomp- 

 son's contributions to the Natural History of Ireland, Ave find 

 that five specimens have been obtained in different parts of 

 that country since the year 1817. 



In Surrey, the Golden Oriole has been seen near Walton 

 by Mr. Meyer, whose name has been mentioned in reference 

 to the nest ; and a specimen of the bird was shot near Go- 

 dalmin in 1833. In the summer of the same year, a fine 

 example of this beautiful bird was seen for several successive 

 days in the garden of William Harrison, Esq. at Cheshunt. 

 Some years since, two of these birds were taken near Sax- 

 mundham in SuflTolk, and Avere in the possession of Mr. 



* The generic term, however, like that of Icterus, for a genus closely allied, 

 is probably intended to have reference to the prevailing yellow colour of the 

 birds. 



