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number was collected by Mr. Jackson, or under his direction (he 

 gives the fullest credit to his assistants), in one locality ; there- 

 fore a " one-man " collection, so to speak, in a given region, 

 makes that collection of more value and importance scientifi- 

 cally. It will be observed (p. 38) that by desire His Ex- 

 cellency Lord Northcote, G.C.M.G., &c., Governor-General of 

 the Commonwealth, and His Excellency Sir Harry Rawson, 

 K.C.B., &c., State Governor of New South Wales, inspected, 

 with much interest, the collection at the Federal Government 

 House, Sydney, on the i8th August, 1904. 



Much of Mr. Jackson's careful data, although necessarily 

 personal, is extremely interesting, not only to collectors, but to 

 the general nature-lover, especially those notes made at the 

 " spring of day," when bird voices in the scrubs are heard at 

 " full flood." 



The get-up of the " Catalogue " (which contains nearly 200 

 pages quarto) is a model of neatness and method. In the 

 margin are three reference columns — viz., " Data No.," " No. in 

 A. J. Campbell's Book," and " No. of Eggs." The nomencla- 

 ture (both technical and vernacular) is in accordance with the 

 list adopted by the Australasian Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science (1898). In many instances aborigines' names 

 are furnished. 



Here are examples of Mr. Jackson's notes, selected at 

 random : — 



" Chestnut-breasted Finch {Mimia castanciiliorax, Gould). —Taken 

 by Sid. \V. Jackson at Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., loth March, 1900. 

 Nest built in long, blady grass {Impcrata arufidinacea), on the south bank of 

 the Clarence River. Set of eight eggs. These birds are very plentiful in the 

 grass-beds of the Clarence River district, and we have frequently seen large 

 flocks of them there. The nests were always built in long grass, and some- 

 times reeds, and were large, bottle-shaped structures, composed of dried 

 grasses. They are familiarly known as ' Barley-Birds ' in the district." 



" Bronze-Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx plagosus, Latham). — Taken by Frank 

 and Sid. W. Jackson, from a nest of the White-throated Fly-eater, or Native 

 Canary {Gery^o/ic albigiilaris), at Sandgate, near Brisbane, Queensland, 

 during the month of September, 1887. The nest was built in a mangrove 

 tree {Aviceimia officinalis)^ growing in the waters of Moreton Bay, and was 

 constructed principally of wadding. This material we tied to a limb near 

 the started nest, and the birds very wisely utilised it. I have the nest." 



" Red-crowned Fruit-Pigeon {Ftilopus stiuiinsoni, Gould).— Taken by 

 Isaac Foster and Sid. W. Jackson near my camp in the scrub at Booyong, 

 Richmond River district, N.S.W., on loth November, 1899. Nest was a very 

 frail structure, and was placed in an entanglement of small vines at an 

 altitude of 20 feet, and was difficult to approach without knocking the egg 

 out of the flat nest. A single egg is the usual complement for a sitting. 

 This handsome Pigeon has a very mournful-like note, which we heard from 

 daylight till dark, and it became quite monotonous to us. The birds were 

 very plentiful in the Booyong and Binna Burra scrubs in 1899, and we found 

 several nests and eggs. They are familiarly known in the Richmond River 

 scrubs as the Pink-headed Dove. The egg is ])ure white. This egg 

 measures in inches 1.20 x 0.87." 



