268 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



tion of naturalists, more especially when the 

 finder (as in the case to which I am about to 

 allude) has the humanity and good sense to 

 permit the young to be reared, instead of shoot- 

 ing the parent birds the moment they are 

 discovered, and thus effectually putting a stop 

 to all attempts at nidification. 



It is a pleasure to be able to record the fact, 

 that during the summer of 1874, a pair of 

 Golden Orioles took up their quarters in 

 Dumpton Park, Isle of Thanet, where — the 

 proprietor, Mr. Bankes Tomlin, having given 

 strict injunctions that they should not be dis- 

 turbed — they built a nest, and successfully 

 reared their young, ultimately leading them 

 away in safety. 



They must have commenced building some- 

 what later than usual, for it was not until the 

 6th of July that I first heard of the nest, and 

 the young were then just hatched. Mr. Bankes 

 Tomlin having kindly invited me to come and 

 see it, I lost no time in availing myself of his 

 invitation, and a few days later, namely, on 



