THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. 39 



of some favourite plantation. Like the Jay, the 

 Golden Oriole has some peculiarities, which are 

 not altogether Corvine. Its flight is undulating, 

 not straight ; and on the ground it hops, but 

 does not walk." 



The Golden Oriole is rather a late visitor to 

 Central Europe, and does not arrive before the 

 end of April or beginning of May, and its eggs 

 are found towards the end of the latter month. 



In Southern Europe and Asia Minor it is not 

 seen before the middle of April, and the return 

 migration commences at the end of July or the 

 beginning of August, and lasts till the early part 

 of September. 



The winter home of the species is South 

 Africa, and it has been traced through the 

 eastern side of the Continent, but has not, so 

 far, been found migrating on the western side. 



