54 BIRDS OF DXJMFRIESSHIRE 
times they are to be found from Ca^rlaverock Aima^ 
The migrations of this species observed on 
would not seem to influence in any material degree the 
numbers of our own, apparently resident, birds. 
THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. Oriolus gaJbvla, Linnaeus. 
A very rare cMual visitor, only twice recorded. 
The first Dumfriesshire specimen of the Golden Oriok 
Ls been variously reported as " shot in the parish of 
Tynron »* " caught near the Nith in Closebum parish, J 
^Sar 'Sanquhaf,"t and "found at Kirkcon^l dead 
amidst the snow."§ Through the courtesy J: f; 
Srvie-Brown I am informed that Robert Gray tas 
S Ms interleaved copy of TU Birds d iU West o^^SM 
" Oriolus Galbula, 1872. A specimen of the Golden 
Oriole 3 was shot near Kirkconnel in Dumfriesshire m June 
kst and is now in the collection of Dr. Grierson, ThornhiU. 
R G t lit. 25.10.72." In a letter to Mr. R. Service m 
Marcii 1877, Dr. Grierson wrote: "I have not many 
' Sarest is the Golden Oriel found in ^rkc^ne 
parish." From the foregoing it would appear that Kirk 
connel is the successful claimant to our first specimen of 
he Golden Oriole obtained in June, 1872 ; and th b d 
mav still (1909) be seen (but in a sadly dilapidated 
Tondition) in wiat is now known a. Grierson's Museum 
^*o"nd specimen was caught in Penton Linn 
Wood (Canonbie) by Mr. Charles Vere on April 30th 1909^ 
It was observed flying about the banks of the river 
» Tram. D. and G. Nat. Hut. Soc., December 4th, 1885. 
t Op. cit., October 27th, 1886. 
J Op. cit., April 20th, 1905. 
§ Hiet. Sanquhar, p. 28. 
