2 GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
was killed near Tynemouth. In Kent, two built near 
Elmstone, and were unfortunately shot in June, 1849. Two 
others had a nest and young near the village of Ord, in the 
corresponding menth, in the year 1836. Several young ones 
were shot in the neighbourhood in the summer of 18384, and 
occasional visitors had been seen in that locality for some 
years previous. Another pair built at Oxney, near Kingsdown, 
about the year 1841. One was shot near Sandwich, and 
another, a male, as 16 would appear near Walmer. 
In Ireland, one was seen for some months in a garden 
between Castle Martyr and Middleton, in the county of Cork, 
in the summer of 1817.? One was shot near Bantry, at the 
seat of Lord Bantry, and another seen at Cahirmore, near 
Roxborough. One was shot in the county of Wexford, in 
May, 1923; another near Gorey, in 1837.? One near Donagh- 
dee, in the ‘county of Down, on the 11th. of May, 1824; one 
at Ballymona, in the county of Waterford, in 1824 or 1825, 
and another, a male, near Woodstown, in June, 1888; one 
near eo in the county of Wicklow, in the summer of 
1827.2 One on the eoast of Kerry, in the summer of 1838; | 
and one, a male, in a garden at Ballintore, near Ferns, in the 
summer of 1837. 
In Scotland, or the northern islands, none appear ‘to have 
as yet been seen. 
It is a migratory species, moving southwards in April, and 
northwards again in the month of September. 
These birds frequent woods and groves, and in the fruit 
season repair to orchards. They are described as being very 
shy in their habits. The female is so careful of her young, 
that she will sometimes suffer herself to be taken on the 
nest. ‘They are capable of being kept in confinement, though 
not, it is said, without difficulty, and have been taught to 
whistle tunes. They are generally seen singly or in pairs, 
excepting while the members of the family continue together 
in the autumn. These are the only salient points that I 
am aware of, in regard to the habits of this species. 
They feed on insects and their larve, and on the various 
fruits that come in their way—figs, cherries, olives, and grapes. 
Their song is described as loud and clear, and their call- 
note as somewhat resembling their own name, given to them 
similarly in different languages on that account. I¢ is loud, 
and somewhat resembling that of the Parrot. 
The nest is flat in shape, and placed in the angle formed 
