64 GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Strickland. Mr. Allis in enumerating this occurrence in 1844, 

 remarked that it appeared to be the only Yorkshire specimen 

 known. 



One was shot at Boat Bottom near Wakefield,* during the 

 fiist week of August, 1856, which Mr. Wm. Talbot saw in the 

 flesh and describes as being in splendid plumage. 



In May, 1859, Mr. Roberts of Scarborough had brought to 

 him for preservation a male in the finest adult plumage, which 

 had been shot on Admiral Mitford's estate at Hunmanby (Zool., 

 1859, p. 6561). A specimen in the museum at Scarborough, and 

 another in a private collection, Mr. Roberts tells me are said to 

 have been obtained near that town. 



The Rev. J. W. Chaloner of Newton Kyme informs me that 

 he observed on the 28th of April, 1870, a fine male specimen 

 whilst driving on the North Road, a short distance out of 

 Doncaster, the bird flying between the conveyance and the 

 roadside hedge for a distance of two hundred yards. About the 

 same date one was observed in Grimston Park, near Tadcaster, 

 by Hamer the keeper. For the information relating to this 

 occurrence I am also indebted to the Rev. Mr. Chaloner. 



Regarding the occurrence of one near Bingley, about the 

 end of August or beginning of September, 1875, Mr. Butterfield 

 of Wilsden writes me that a gamekeeper, on whose veracity he 

 can rely, gave him a description of a bird which was no doubt a 

 Golden Oriole. It was flying in company with some thrushes. 



The Hull Museum Guide (i860) informs us that "specimens 

 have been seen near Hull," and Mr. Cordeaux, in his Birds of 

 the Humber District (1872), mentions that a pair in the collection 

 of Mr. W. W. Boulton are said to have been shot on the east 

 coast, Mr. Boulton considering the authority a fairly reliable 

 one. 



Y.N.U., 1879 (pub. 18S0). Series B 



