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Two birds, both males, were shot at Charleston, m-ar 

 Alfriston in Sussex, in the beginning of May 1833, as I 

 learu from Mr. Wm. Borrer, Jun.; and two others have 

 been taken in Kent. 



In Surrey, the Golden Oriole has been seen near Walton 

 by Mr. Meyer, whose name has been mentioned in re- 

 ference to the nest ; and a specimen of the bird was shot 

 near Godalmin 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 Saxmundham in Suffolk, and were in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Bright of that place. A male and female 

 shot at Diss in Norfolk, in 1829, were in the collection of 

 the Rev. Francis Henson at Cambridge. Other specimens 

 have been obtained in Norfolk. I learn from the Rev. 

 Richard Lubbock that one was killed at Hethersett, near 

 Norwich, in April 1824, which is still preserved; and it 

 is stated in the Transactions of the Linnean Society, that 

 a pair of these birds built a nest in the garden of the Rev. 

 Mr. Lucas of Ormsby. Mr. Selby mentions an instance of 

 a female that was killed in a garden at Tynemouth in Dur- 

 ham, which is also stated by Mr. Bewick ; but this bird 

 does not appear to have been seen in Scotland, or on its 

 islands. M. Nilsson says that it occasionally breeds in 

 Sweden. 



In Germany, Holland, and France, this bird is not un- 

 common ; and it is still more numerous in Spain, Provence, 

 and Italy. Edwards, the English naturalist, had one sent 

 him that was shot on the rock of Gibraltar ; and the Zoo- 

 logical Society have received it from Tangiers. At Sicily 

 and Malta, these birds arrive in September on their way 

 back to pass the winter in Africa ; and the Zoological 



