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species is various, consisting of insects and their larve, with 
figs, cherries, grapes, and other fruits in their season. 
The voice of the Oriole is said to be loud: Bechstem 
considers it to be full and flute-like ; its call-note, he says, 
is well expressed by the term puhlo. The Spaniards call 
this bird 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 plum- 
age 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. Thack- 
eray, the Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, by whom 
it has been most obligingly lent me for my use in this 
work. 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, im his Supplement, also 
mentions two instances; and Mr. EK. H. Rodd has sent me 
a notice of one shot in 1833 near the Land’s End. Pen- 
nant 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. Thompson’s contributions to the Natural 
History of Ireland, we find that five specimens have been 
obtained in different parts of that country since the year 
1817. 
* The generic term, however, like that of Jcterus, for a genus closely allied 
is probably intended to haye reference to the prevailing yellow colour of the 
birds. 
