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THE NATURALISTS’ JOURNAL. 
the Golden Oriole (Oriolusgalbulaj . I mentioned its occurrence 
in the county, in the August number, but, I have not known of its 
nesting before for many years. 
We have such a press of matter this month, that there is not 
room for more than these few brief lines. In order to make my 
account of our avifauna more complete, I shall be glad if Cam¬ 
bridgeshire ornithologists will send me notes of rare birds they 
have obtained in this county, also of any variation in the plumage 
or colouration of the eggs they may have observed. 
FIELD CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 
Essex Field Club Outing. —By the courtesy of Mr. J. F. 
Lescher, J.P., over forty members of the Essex Field Club 
recently visited Boyles Court, near Brentwood, for the purpose of 
inspecting the interesting and valuable Hoy Collection of British 
Birds. The party—which included several ladies—met at Harold 
Wood railway station. The directors were Messrs. J. E. Harting, 
Miller Christy, and W. Crouch ; the others present included Mr. 
W. Cole, Dr. Bodkin, Mr. E. A. Fitch, C.C., Mr. C. Wright, 
and Mr. Oldham. Mr. J. E. Harting, e.l.s., gave a short ac¬ 
count of the late Mr. Hoy and pointed out the more interesting 
specimens in the collection. Mr. J. D. Hoy, was born in 1797, 
and resided at Stoke Priory, Stoke-by-Nayland, which (though 
close to the Essex border) is in Suffolk. He was a first-rate shot 
and a skilled bird preserver. Dr. Bree has declared that “ as a 
working naturalist he was almost unequalled in his day in this 
country.” He collected chiefly upon the coasts of Norfolk and 
Suffolk, and his collection therefore contains few or no Essex 
specimens of importance. During the latter part of his life he 
paid many visits to Holland and Germany. It was during one of 
these expeditions, whei\ collecting mainly among swamps and 
marshes, that he laid the foundation of the illness, of which, at 
the early age of 42, he died on October 15th, 18.39. He published 
little beyond a few notes in various natural history periodicals, 
but Hewitson, Yarrell, and other writers in the early part of the 
century, received much valuable assistance from him. On his 
death his collection passed into the possession of his sister, the 
late Mrs. Lescher, of Boyles Court, mother of Mr. J. F. Lescher. 
It is contained in 269 separate cases, which have been recently 
re-arranged. 
Lambeth Field Club. —“ A talk about Toadstools” was the 
subject of the October lecture of this club delivered by Mr, 
