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MERCJLIDiE. 
INCESSORES. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
MERULIDJE. 
GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
Oriolus galbula. 
PLATE XXVI. FIG. I. 
The Golden Oriole, though quite a rare visitor in 
this country, is rather common in Italy and the south 
of France. In Germany, at least that part of it which 
I have visited, it is rare. Once only whilst wandering 
through the forests of Bavaria, its bright tropical colours 
caught my eye. 
Mr. Meyer has figured a nest of this bird, said to have 
been taken in Suffolk. Mr. Yarrell has also had a draw¬ 
ing made for his Birds from one in the collection of the 
Zoological Society. 
The Golden Oriole generally builds in high trees, but 
places its nest in a low part of the tree, upon the forked 
extremity of a horizontal branch. It is composed of dry 
grass, roots, and wool, lined with similar materials of a 
finer texture. 
Mr. Alfred Newton says that in looking over a large 
series of the eggs of this species, he has observed that 
very long-shaped examples are unusually prevalent, that 
one in his collection is an inch and three-eighths in 
length, with the usual breadth. 
