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and said that he seemed to swim very high out of the water. Arrived 

 at the bank, he shook himself, and made for the nearest tree, up which 

 he climbed, and where I saw him some two hours later about twenty 

 feet from the ground, apparently enjoying the warm sunshine, and 

 none the worse for his adventure. — Julian G. Tuck (Tostock Eectory, 

 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk). 



AVE S. 



The Golden Oriole in Epping Forest. — On the morning of April 

 25th I was walking alone in Epping Forest, and when I had reached a 

 point about midway between Chingford and High Beach a strange and 

 brilliantly coloured bird sprang from the thicket near at hand, and 

 flew at a good pace and on a low level for some fifty yards along the 

 glade before me ; it then alighted among the trees. I quickly recog- 

 nized the stranger as a Golden Oriole (Oriolus galbuld), and a few 

 minutes later I had an opportunity of verifying my first observation, 

 for in moving forward I put up the bird again. I then lost sight of it 

 for the time being. On my return to the same locality about an hour 

 later I again saw the Golden Oriole — no doubt the same individual as 

 before — several times. Altogether I obtained five separate views of 

 the specimen, although the first view gave me the best opportunity for 

 observation. Once or twice I came upon it resting on the ground, as 

 if in search of food, but on most occasions it alighted after flight upon 

 the bushes or branches of the trees which abound in the vicinity. 

 From the rich gold of the body-plumage — which was seen to advantage 

 against the green turf and the thinly clad branches of the hornbeams 

 — and the blackness of the wings, I conclude this to have been a male 

 specimen. The black tail-feathers did not attract my notice. I have 

 since made another visit to the locality in question, but without again 

 seeing the subject of this note. — Herbert Campion (33, Maude Terrace, 

 Walthamstow). 



Cuckoo at Portlaw, Co. Waterford. — A farmer near here, whom I 

 know well, was witness, a few days since, to the Cuckoo's act of intro- 

 ducing its egg into a Titlark's nest. He has given me the following 

 particulars, and I have seen the spot where the scene took place : — On 

 May 23rd he was walking in one of his fields, and noticed a Cuckoo 

 flying over a small clump of furze-bushes. It hovered round and round 

 a particular spot, and then flew away a short distance. He then 

 walked up, and found in the spot just beneath where the bird was 

 circling a Titlark's nest with three eggs ; then, hiding behind a fence 

 quite near, he watched the Cuckoo, which returned in a few minutes. 



