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grass was fired, and the smoke disturbed several of them, which 

 Dr. Stirling identified. I found a few of their feathers, and 

 Messrs. Field and Ross have since forwarded their eggs. 



EGGS FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND. 



The accompanying plate represents some eggs from the Bloom- 

 field River district, Northern Queensland, now in the collection 

 of Mr. D. Le Souef, and which have recently been described by 

 him. The Crescent-marked Oriole and the Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher were described before the Royal Society of Victoria in 

 March, 1894, while the descriptions of the others appeared in 

 the Ibis for July, 1896. As they do not appear to have yet been 

 figured, they are now reproduced from a photograph by Mr. Le 

 Souef, as a guide to collectors. 



The species represented are as follow : — 



1. — Papuan Podargus, Podargus Papuensis, Quoy and Gaim. 



2. — White-bellied Owlet Nightjar, JZgotheles leucogaster, Gld. 



3. — Crescent-marked Oriole, Mimeta flavo-cincta, Vig. and 

 Horsf. 



4. — Swainson's Graucalus, Graucalus Swainsoni, Gld. 



5. — Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Micrceca jiavigaster, Gld. 



6. — Striated Sittella, tiittella striata, Gld. 



7. — Lunated Thickhead, Pachycephala jaleata, Gld. 



8. — Obscure Honeyeater, Myzomela obscura, Gld. 



AN OOLOGISTS' REUNION. 



At the invitation of Mr. A. J. Campbell, about twenty gentlemen 

 interested in oology, including several members of the Field 

 Naturalists' Club, met at Britannia House, South Yarra, on 

 Saturday evening, 15th August, 1896. The decorations of the 

 room and tables were indicative of the nature of the gathering, 

 for a large moss-made nest of the Mountain Thrush, with eggs, 

 fresh from the scrub, occupied a prominent place, while photo- 

 graphs of bird scenes, together with the blooms of golden acacias, 

 pink and white epacris, clematis, and other native flowers, pro- 

 duced a very pleasing effect. 



After dinner, the chairman, Mr. D. M'Alpine, Vegetable Patho- 

 logist to the Department of Agriculture, briefly referred to the 

 success of Mr. Campbell's efforts in working out the oology of 

 many Australian birds, and hoped that his collection of eggs, 

 which now contained over 500 species, would one day become 

 national property. Mr. Campbell then contributed a paper 

 giving a brief sketch of the progress of Australian oological 

 science, and by way of illustration read that portion of the MS. 

 of his intended work, " Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds," 

 which described the habits, &c, of the Bell Bird of Gippsland. 



