26 BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



pany with Fieldfares ; and Mr. Alington says that he 

 meets with it sometimes as a wanderer at Swinhope. 

 Mr. Boulton writes, it is shot each year near 

 Beverley; it arrives with the Fieldfares and Redwings. 

 Once, and once only has he found it nesting near 

 Beverley. 



39. ORIOLUS GALBULA, Linnaeus. Golden Oriole. 



Mr. Boulton had a pair in his collection, said to 

 have been shot on the east coast. He can only, 

 however, vouch for his authority being a fairly re- 

 liable one. It is a summer visitant to Great Britain, 

 and, if unmolested, would doubtless remain to nest 

 with us. 



INSESSORES DENTIROSTRES. SYLVIADM. 



40. ACCENTOR MODULARIS( Linnaeus). Hedge-Sparrow. 

 Provincial. Nettle-creeper, Dunnock. 



A resident throughout the year, and common 

 everywhere. Varieties of a rusty-buff colour have 

 occurred near Driffield, in the East Riding (Zoologist, 

 1865, p. 9491). 



41. ACCENTOR ALPINUS (Gmelin). Alpine Accentor. 



In the winter of 1862-63 a poor man offered for 

 sale to Mr. Roberts, of Scarborough, a string of 

 Larks and other small birds shot by him in the 

 neighbourhood. Mr. Roberts, who purchased them, 

 found this bird amongst the number. From Mr. 



