10 OEIOLID^. 



Family ORIOLID^. 



Genus ORIOLUS Linncms, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 160. 



Tj'pe : 0. oriolus (Linn.). 



Oriohis, from aurei'Aus = golden. 



Oriolus oriolus. Golden Oriole. 



Coracias oriolus Linncms, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 107 : 



Finland. 



Oriolus galbula Linn. ; SJiarpe, Oat. Birds £. M. iii. 1877, p. 191 ; 

 JB. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 36 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nded. 

 1899, p. 11.3. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bird of Passage, 

 chiefly observed in spring on the south coast o£ England 

 from the Scilly Islands to Kent. As a Summer Visitor 

 has frequently nested in Kent, and also in Surrey, Essex, 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, and 

 Devonshire. As an Irregular Visitor has occurred in almost 

 every county in Great Britain, in the Orkney and Shetland 

 Islands, and throughout Ireland. 



General Distribution. — The Golden Oriole breeds in 

 most parts of Europe up to 63° N, latitude in Sweden and 

 60° N. in Russia. Also in western Asia as far east as the 

 Altai Mountains, and locally in north Africa from Morocco 

 to Tunisia. It winters in tropical and southern Africa and 

 Madagascar, occurring on migration in the Mediterranean 

 Islands, round the east side of the Mediterranean Basin, 

 in Greece, Egypt, and Nubia. It has strayed as far as the 

 Faeroes, Azores, and Madeira. It occasionally winters in 

 Sind, but is replaced in India by 0. o. kundoo. 



