17 OCTOBER 1908, Page 19

GOLDEN ORIOLES IN ESSEX.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—On Monday, October 12th, on a lonely marsh near a wood about three miles from Brightlingsea, in Essex, I saw two golden orioles. These birds are, of course, rare visitors to England, but I have never heard of one being seen here so late as October 12th. Was their appearance a tribute to our exceptional weather ? The birds were too shy to let me come nearer than about a hundred and fifty yards, but I watched them comfortably for some time through strong field-glasses.