OF N^ORTHIJMBEKLAND AND DUUHAM. 63 



Family. OEIOLID^, Bote. 



60. ORIOLUS, Linnmis. 



61. GoLDEIi OeIOLE. 0. GAXBTJLA, LinHlCUS. 



Or Mm fjalhala, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 96. 

 ,, ,, Yan-ell, Hist. Brit. Bii'ds, Ed. 2, I., 227. 



Only two speciraens of this rare casual visitant have been taken 

 in our district. A female in my collection was killed at Heb- 

 bum, near Newcastle, about 1831 ; tbe other, also a female, is in 

 the Newcastle Museum, and is probably the individual mentioned 

 in Selby's catalogue, as having been killed at Tynemouth, in the 

 spring of 1821. 



Family. TUEDID^, Boiiaparte. 



61. TURDUS, Linvceus. 



62. Blackbied. T. meetjla, Linnaus. 



Tardus vierula, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 132. 



„ „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I. 280. 



A common resident. 



63. BiifG Opzel. T. toequatus, Linnceus. 



Twdus torquatus, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 130. 

 ,, ,, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Bii'ds, Ed. 4, I., 287. 



A not uncommon spring-and-autunm migrant, breeding in the 

 wild districts in both counties. It nests frequently at Halt- 

 whistle, where I have taken it, and at Rothbury. Mr. Isaac 

 Clark also took a nest at the former place, and, in the course of 

 three weeks after, the birds had rebuilt their nest and hatched 

 a brood of four young. 



64. Fieldfaee. T. pilaris, Linnceus. 



Tur dm pilaris, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I. 124. 

 Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Biixls, Ed. 4, I., 272. 



An abundant winter visitant ; arriving in October and not de- 

 parting till late in spriug. I saw specimens as late as the 16th 



