GOLDEN ORIOLE. ropa 
Two birds, both males, were shot at Charleston, near 
Alfriston in Sussex, in the beginning of May 1833, as I 
learn from Mr. Wm. Borrer, Jun.; and two others haye 
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 
