THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. 269 



July 1 2th, I found myself at Dumpton Park, 

 standing under the very tree in which the nest 

 was placed. The reader may smile at the idea 

 of journeying from London to Ramsgate merely 

 to look at a nest ; but if he be an ornithologist, 

 he will know that Golden Orioles' nests are not 

 to be seen in this country every day, and that 

 when found they are worth " making a note of" 

 Often as I had seen the bird and its nest on the 

 Continent, it had never been my good fortune 

 until then to meet with it in England. Indeed, 

 the instances in which nests of the Oriole have 

 been found here and recorded are so few that 

 they may be easily enumerated. According to 

 the concise account given by Professor Newton 

 in his new edition of " Yarrell's British Birds," 

 one was discovered in June, 1836, in an ash 

 plantation near Ord, from which the young 

 were taken ; but, though every care was shown 

 them, they did not long survive their captivity. 

 " Mr. J. B. Ellman says ('Zoologist,' p. 2496) 

 that at the end of May, 1849, a nest was, with 

 the owners, obtained near Elmstone. It was 



