THE ZooLocist—J UNE, 1875. 4499 
contour of the bird, proved that it was not M. grisola, so, to make certain 
of its identity, I took my gun, and with half a charge of No. 8 shot I 
brought it down, when I was very much pleased to find that it proved to 
be a very fine adult female pied flycatcher (M. atricapilla). The specimen 
is now in the collection of the Royal Dublin Society.—Robert Warren, jun. ; 
Moy View, Ballina, County Mayo, April 21, 1875. 
Golden Oriole at the Land’s End and in Scilly.—A female specimen of 
the golden oriole, in an adult state of plumage, was captured a day or two 
since very near the Land’s End. I have just seen Mr. Dorrien Smith on 
his arrival from the Islands, and he reports that a bright plumaged golden 
oriole has frequented his gardens at Trescoe Abbey for the last fortnight. 
Edward Hearle Rodd; May 22,1875. 
Nightingale near Huddersfield.On the 19th of May I went to Mollicar 
Wood, Farnley, near Huddersfield, to hear a much-talked-of nightingale. 
I called on a reliable old man named Matthew Parkin, living within a 
quarter of a mile of the above wood, who informed me that he first heard 
this nightingale about the 5th or 6th of May; he also informed me that it 
usually began to sing about a quarter before ten each evening, and that he 
had heard it singing a little in the daytime. This night was cold and 
windy, and the nightingale did not begin to sing until 10°30, probably on 
account of the state of the weather. It began by uttering some bubble- 
sounding notes, and soon after commenced a series of low plaintive whistles 
or chiding notes, which became louder and louder until they were changed 
to those rich bubbling notes, which became more varied afterwards: it 
frequently stopped for a few seconds, and then resumed its song. Twice, 
when some persons tried to approach the songster, it stopped singing and 
flew noiselessly fifty or sixty yards away, and very soon began again, but 
soon stopped and again flew silently to its former station, which I think was 
not more than eight or ten feet from the ground; I could distinctly hear 
the notes more than a quarter of a mile distant from the bird. More than 
a week before the above date I heard reports about this nightingale, but did 
not think them worth attention, because similar reports have been circulated 
in former years, and generally the bird in question has been proved to be 
either a blackcap or sedge warbler. The Rey. F. O. Morris, in his ‘ History 
of British Birds,’ mentions that a nightingale was heard in Cindertield Dyke 
Wood, Bradley, near Huddersfield—I forget the date, but think it is about 
thirty years ago. I believe that this is the only other instance of the 
nightingale occurring in this district.—J. EH. Palmer ; Huddersfield, May 21, 
1875. 
Pigeons resting on Trees.—My father has a flight of Belgian high-flyers 
at Wallington: the old birds were purchased from Tegetmeier. The young 
birds are very fond of resting, in fine weather, upon a dead white poplar, 
sitting upon the topmost branches. The birds breed in boxes, like ordinary 
