Golden Oriole - 1894

Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8:46AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in Golden Oriole, Mathew, passage, vagrant

Oriolus galbula

A very rare summer visitor from the south. We are informed by Sir Hugh Owen that he saw a Golden Oriole at Goodwick in May, 1S70 ; and the Rev. C. M. Phelps, in the " Tenby Guide,'' is an authority for this beautiful bird having been seen elsewhere in the county.

Mathew M.A. 1894, Birds of Pembrokeshire and it's Islands

Article originally appeared on Birds in Pembrokeshire (http://pembsbirds.squarespace.com/).